Spartan Erik Posted July 13, 2009 Share Posted July 13, 2009 (edited) http://hothardware.com/News/Rules-for-Wind...rades-Verified/ "Technophiles like ourselves who are also frugal have, in the past, purchased upgrade editions of Windows, and been able to do a clean, fresh install either by entering a prior valid license key or inserting a CD for the older software at install time. That went away with Vista, which required a hacky workaround, but now Microsoft is completely shutting down even that methodology, for Windows 7." "...the only way to get a "relatively" clean install is to install an older OS (say Vista) cleanly, then install 7 on top of it. That will pretty much minimize any extra garbage on the system. An alternative, and perhaps even cleaner, would be to install the Windows 7 RC first. That requires a fresh install, anyway. Then you can install the Windows 7 release on top of the RC." Sounds to me that we can no longer do clean installations from upgrade discs.. and also, I thought that you couldn't perform an upgrade from the RC to the final Windows 7 product? Edited July 13, 2009 by Spartan Erik Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eDenE Posted July 14, 2009 Share Posted July 14, 2009 the entire article[citation needed] You should be able to do custom installation from Windows Vista as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djf100 Posted July 16, 2009 Share Posted July 16, 2009 http://hothardware.com/News/Rules-for-Wind...rades-Verified/"Technophiles like ourselves who are also frugal have, in the past, purchased upgrade editions of Windows, and been able to do a clean, fresh install either by entering a prior valid license key or inserting a CD for the older software at install time. That went away with Vista, which required a hacky workaround, but now Microsoft is completely shutting down even that methodology, for Windows 7." "...the only way to get a "relatively" clean install is to install an older OS (say Vista) cleanly, then install 7 on top of it. That will pretty much minimize any extra garbage on the system. An alternative, and perhaps even cleaner, would be to install the Windows 7 RC first. That requires a fresh install, anyway. Then you can install the Windows 7 release on top of the RC." Sounds to me that we can no longer do clean installations from upgrade discs.. and also, I thought that you couldn't perform an upgrade from the RC to the final Windows 7 product? Instead of attempting a conclusion from 3rd partys, goto the MS site and read what they state. http://www.microsoftstore.com/s/windows7?W...c&WT.srch=1 It clearly states that Vista, or even XP & win2000 users can purchase the Upgrade Disks, use for Clean Install. -djf100 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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