Vista to W7, ?? Just curious

[learninmypc]

(HARDWARE?) I tried to click Create Thread & it told me to choose a prefix, that has never happened before)
A friend has Vista on his desktop & was wondering how/if it is possible to put my W7 OS on his Vista.
Of course he'd have to buy the disc(s) to do such if. TIA If it matters, I have RAID on my W7.

 

[DelJo63]

History has shown this is doable, but most often successful when it's done as a clean install, ie, reformat the target HD and perform a fresh install - - you will need a new product key to activate the system (ie can't reuse yours).

 

[cliffordcooley]

If they are going to have to buy a disk, they might as well go ahead and buy Windows 10 instead.

 

[learninmypc]

History has shown this is doable, but most often successful when it's done as a clean install, ie, reformat the target HD and perform a fresh install - - you will need a new product key to activate the system (ie can't reuse yours).

So the product key(?) on his won't work?

 

[learninmypc]

If they are going to have to buy a disk, they might as well go ahead and buy Windows 10 instead.

That is why he & I got talking so he'd be able to upgrade for free. If it can't be done, no big deal.