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Clean install Windows 7 using upgrade media

Discussion in 'TechSpot News and Comments' started by Jos, Oct 27, 2009.

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  1. Guest

    I just put my upgrade retail in, booted to disk, custom install, delete partition, install, did not register but installed 25 digit key. After it was up and running I had it register and all was good!
    Guest, Oct 28, 2009
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  2. JMMD TechSpot Chancellor

    Good to see articles like this. I'm going to be switching to Win7 soon and this is just the kind of thing I need.
    JMMD, Oct 30, 2009
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  3. SUSHRUKH Newcomer, in training

    I wonder if MS will catch on to the upgrade workaround for those who are cheating the system (ie those that don't own a previous version of win) and disable the authenticity of their os (much like making the 'pirates' reinstall win every so often because they can't get updates).
    SUSHRUKH, Nov 2, 2009
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  4. SNGX1275 TechSpot Special Forces

    I doubt it, because Vista was the same. If they were going to do it they would have for the release of 7. Not much they can do about it at this point, perhaps in Windows 8.
    SNGX1275, Nov 2, 2009
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  5. Guest

    @sushrukh

    Don't worry about it, its probably one of the many features that Microsoft so candidly does for his loyal customers. ;)
    Guest, Nov 3, 2009
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  6. Guest

    I was having problems getting mine to activate then I noticed my clock was set to 2005. I updated the clock and it activated perfectly!

    Hope this will help someone else who might be stuck
    Guest, Nov 5, 2009
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  7. Guest

    I wish I had researched before I installed the Windows 7 Premium Upgrade on my PC. I've already installed it twice; I'm not doing it again. The first time I had FreeDOS, XP, and Linux installed on one drive, and an empty drive for Windows 7. It worked, but I decided to separate all my Operating Systems on to separate drives, eliminating FreeDOS, and putting Linux on a different PC.

    I wiped all my drives and tried to install Windows 7 64 Bit Premium Upgrade. It would not accept my license key. So I then installed XP on a 40 GB IDE drive, and Windows 7 on an 80 GB Raptor SATA drive, and I'm using my 640 GB Caviar Black SATA drive for data. Then I disconnected the IDE hard drive to work with my old IDE drives to bring the data over to the 640 GB drive.

    And, lo and behold! Windows 7 will not load without the XP drive present! They stuck the boot loader on the XP drive. Do you ever get sick of Microsoft? (I know, that's a leading question.) In any case, since Microsoft CLAIMED that Windows 7 was all about considering the end user's needs, you would think they would have considered them for something as important as installing the OS. Duh! Shame on Microsoft for this one!
    Guest, Nov 13, 2009
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