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By: Emmet

Emmet — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 13:38:15 +0000

Hi, I have just got a offical Win7 Ultimate disk. I have a 1tb hard disk with 2 partitions. I have backed up everyting to one of these (not the one with the OS of course).

I want to do a clean install from win XP to Win 7. Will my backed up partition stay intact or will Window 7 want to delete it. Any help would be great as I hoping to do the upgrade soon.

By: Computer Repair

Computer Repair — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 02:50:13 +0000

Never believe to Microsoft upgrade. Even you have a fresh install. Make fresh install again instead of upgrade.

By: Jim

Jim — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 01:13:54 +0000

My laptop came with Vista 64-bit pre-installed. The company (Toshiba) offered a “Free Upgrade to Win 7″.
Went through the process to get the Win 7 DVD sent.

Once I get the Upgrade DVD, can I and how will I do a clean install of Windows 7 using that Upgrade DVD?

I have seen numerous webpages talking about clean (custom) installations.

If I have my laptop booted up and running (current copy of Vista) and I insert the Upgrade DVD, choose Custom Install, how is my hard drive wiped and Win 7 installed (clean)? How will the verification be done that I have (had!) a certified, activated copy of Vista installed?

I’m not sure I follow the process of the clean install…or how my current/activated copy of Vista is verified.

Sorry if this seems like an “elementary” question. I just wasn’t sure how all this was going to work.

By: Waqar

Waqar — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 06:50:39 +0000

from where i can get Evalution copy ? of Windows 7 Ultimate

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By: Jim Henderson

Jim Henderson — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 07:47:59 +0000

Yup. This is because you are still running the Windows 7 Beta, rather than Windows 7 RC1.

The good news is that you can obtain the RC for free still. The bad news is that you can’t upgrade from what you have now. You need to do a fresh install. There are some reports of folk successfully upgrading through various different devious paths. I wouldn’t recommend trying.

Just for the sake of clarity, you understand you’re going to have to go through all this again next year, right? You WILL have to install a final copy of Windows 7 (which will not be free) or find something else to install, because your machine will revert to what it’s doing now. Restarting. And you will NOT be able to upgrade. You’ll need to do a fresh install AGAIN.

Such is the cost of the bleeding edge.

I hope that helps.

Jim

By: Jim Henderson

Jim Henderson — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 07:43:20 +0000

No problem.

By: thiek

thiek — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 11:47:45 +0000

i am running windows 7 untilmate in my laptop, but since the os seems to be expired, the system shut sown every two hours. how can i solve this problems? or how to install other version of windows 7? because this is favorite OS.

By: aha85

aha85 — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 08:47:26 +0000

thank you

By: Jim Henderson

Jim Henderson — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 10:42:42 +0000

I’m afraid I’m not going to be much help with this, Justin. I only did the clean install. One idea though. Given that you’ve already been prepared to blow everything away (otherwise you couldn’t have done the clean install), how about you clean off the drive, and try again?

Anyone else have any helpful ideas?

By: Justin

Justin — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 09:05:43 +0000

I’m trying to install Windows & on my MSI X320. A clean install just got stuck.

Using the upgrade from vista method its got to the last stage “Tranferring files settings and programmes 56% complete, and for the last 10 hrs its been saying “please wait … transferring files settings and programmes 89716 of 147200 transferred”

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By: Pashunya

Pashunya — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 17:15:28 +0000

Set your Timezone, and your Location. I sincerely hope most of you are doing this at home, rather than in the office

By: Jim Henderson

Jim Henderson — Thu, 28 May 2009 19:13:01 +0000

Thanks Ava. And I’m looking forward to writing them!

By: Jim Henderson

Jim Henderson — Thu, 28 May 2009 19:12:15 +0000

No. According to Microsoft:

No. If you are currently running a 32-bit version of Windows, you can only perform an upgrade to another 32-bit version of Windows. Similarly, if you are running a 64-bit version of Windows Vista, you can only perform an upgrade to another 64-bit version of Windows Vista.

If you want to move from a 32-bit version of Windows to a 64-bit version of Windows Vista, you’ll need to back up your files and then perform a custom installation of the 64-bit version of Windows Vista.

Having said that, if you mean upgrade 32-bit Vista to 64-bit Windows 7… the answer is still no. Sorry.

Jim

By: picardo

picardo — Thu, 28 May 2009 17:02:39 +0000

Here is a question for you. Currently I have Vista 32-bit installed on my machine. I want to upgrade to 64-bit. Can I directly upgrade a 32-bit Vista to 64-bit Vista?

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Ava Watts — Wed, 27 May 2009 15:56:45 +0000

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