Win7 upgrade disk...can it do a "clean install"
John W. Wells
to do a "clean install," or are these sorts of disks only able to
"upgrade?"
And... what about my D: disk, the Recovery Partition that sits on my
C: drive?
--John Wells
Bill
drive. So now I dual boot with Vista 32 and Win 7 64 bit
You can do a clean install on your C drive but it will erase everything so
you need a full back up. I suspect it will leave your D alone as that is a
separate partition.
Select custom install from the setup for the clean install
Bill
"John W. Wells" <dj...@7tsimmery.axe> wrote in message
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Daave
Vista, I am stunned they are also permitting this with Windows 7. I am
curious as to how many people will purposefully buy the less expensive
Upgrade CD (that is, with no qualifying OS for the "upgrade") since it
can accomplish the same result as the Full CD.
BillW50
Daave typed on Sun, 1 Nov 2009 09:17:54 -0500:
> Since Microsoft already knew about the "double-install trick" with
> Vista, I am stunned they are also permitting this with Windows 7. I am
> curious as to how many people will purposefully buy the less expensive
> Upgrade CD (that is, with no qualifying OS for the "upgrade") since it
> can accomplish the same result as the Full CD.
There is a fine line between stopping pirates and ticking off your
consumers. If you go to far, you lose. I believe Microsoft understands
this. And the vast majority of Windows 7 purchases are users who are
upgrading anyway. So those that don't qualify for the upgrade version
are so small anyway, it isn't significant enough to tick off your
customers anyway.
--
Bill
Asus EEE PC 701G4 ~ 2GB RAM ~ 16GB-SDHC
Windows XP SP2
alien
"Daave" <da...@example.com> wrote in message
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I can verify that using an upgrade disk works. However I did hit a bump on
my install. I have an inspiron 1525 notebook that was on it's second
fujitsu 5400rpm hard drive. This last summer it experienced a thermo
related (vents plugged up with dust) crash and I reinstalled Vista to get it
back up running. I preordered Win7 premium and also a new Western Digital
7200rpm drive.
When the Win7 disks (it came with both 32 and 64 bit disks) arrived, I
deactivated Itunes, removed the system password (to insure that I'd have no
issues copying my files using my external sata drive enclosure), and shut
down. Removed the old drive, popped in the new one and put the Win7 disk
in. It took about 20 minutes for install to complete.
Got to the part where it asks for the product key and it said invalid
key. Retyped a couple of times to be sure I wasn't the error and each time
invalid key. So I went to the Newegg site to get their phone number for
some tech support. It was the weekend, they're closed. I happened to
notice a manufacturer listing of phone numbers and Microsoft was listed so I
called them. The first person I talked to verified that the product key was
indeed valid, and transferred me to tech support. They talked me through a
run command cscript entry and a regedit. Then a reboot and re-entry of
product key. That fixed it.
The total time on the phone was about 30 minutes. Neither person I talked
to ever asked me if I had a qualifying product to use the upgrade and at no
time did the install procedure ever ask for one.
The part that amazed me was at no time (so far at least) did I ever go to
the Dell website to get drivers. Even the "Dell Webcam Manager" software
was installed! Trend Micro Internet Security install bitched at me about
not being compatible with Win7 but after it updated itself it seems fine
also.
alien
Bill
object to using the upgrade to do a clean install in a dual boot set up as
long as the qualifying OS and the upgrade are on the same system. What they
do not like is the use of the upgrade on a system without a qualifying
product.
When I did mine I did not have to do the double install trick, but I
understand what you mean.
Of course for the life of me I cant find the news article
Bill
"Daave" <da...@example.com> wrote in message
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Tim Jones
For guidance on how to perform a clean Windows 7 install with an upgrade
disk see:
http://www.winsupersite.com/win7/clean_install_upgrade_media.asp
BillW50
BillW50 typed on Sun, 1 Nov 2009 09:05:11 -0600:
To see Microsoft's view:
Microsoft Says Windows 7 Install Workaround Is Legal
http://www.pcworld.com/article/174710/microsoft_says_windows_7_install_workaround_is_legal.html
--
Bill
Asus EEE PC 701G4 ~ 2GB RAM ~ 16GB-SDHC
Windows XP SP2 (quit Windows updates back in May 2009)