Installing windows 7 upgrade edition?

[TP-Oreilly]

Hi, i have the windows 7 pro 64bit upgrade edition. To make it work i installed xp, then installed the windows 7 on top of it seeing as you need an existing os.

Would i have to do this again if i were to install it on a new hard drive, or could just just install the windows on its own seeing as i have already activated the license number once before?

 

[JCB1]

you can use norton ghost to clone your existing hard-drive on to your new hard-drive

 

[faint545]

Have you tried just using the upgrade edition of Windows 7 to install the OS instead of installing Windows 7 and then using the Windows 7 upgrade edition disk? Also, if you are moving to a bigger hard drive, don't do a reinstall. Simply use Clonezilla and copy an image of your current disk to the new, bigger disk. Clonezilla will save you TONS of time.

 

[TP-Oreilly]

Id prefer doing a fresh install, to clean things up, do you know if i can use the license key without having an existing OS on there seeing as I have already activated the key once before, or do i still have to have an existing OS on there for it to work??

 

[compdude]

Id prefer doing a fresh install, to clean things up, do you know if i can use the license key without having an existing OS on there seeing as I have already activated the key once before, or do i still have to have an existing OS on there for it to work??

Was the upgrade editon cheaper then the retail full install copy if so how much cheaper?

 

[TP-Oreilly]

well im a student, and as a student i can get windows 7 for 40 quid. The downside of it is that i could only get the upgrade version. im not sure how much it is for non student people.

 

[faint545]

From what I understand, the upgrade disk is no different from a regular Windows 7 Pro x64 disk that you would normally have. So just pop in the upgrade disk and see if you can do a clean install. If not, then you're just going to have to install XP, then upgrade to 7 with the upgrade disk.

 

[iPwn]

From what I understand, the upgrade disk is no different from a regular Windows 7 Pro x64 disk that you would normally have. So just pop in the upgrade disk and see if you can do a clean install.

You can't do a clean install with an upgrade disk. You have to have a pre-existing Windows installation.

 

[Tommy Boy]

You can't do a clean install with an upgrade disk. You have to have a pre-existing Windows installation.

This is what I understand as well. There shouldn't be a problem with installing xp first and then windows 7, it'll be fine.

It's not the same as xp was, the upgrade and full version discs being the same. I have an xp upgrade disc and I've done a full install with it many times and never had a problem. Windows 7 isn't like that, Microshaft isn't going to let people get around buying their more expensive full versions this time.

 

[TP-Oreilly]

ok, buttttttttttttttttttttttttt, seeing as ive already activated the key once, do i againnnn have to have an existing OS for my windows 7 upgrade to work, or will it work, because its been used before.