Upgrade Problem?

SEVEN X7 · 04 Mar 2011

I am planing a major hardware upgrade. New mobo,cpu,ram,etc. This also means different chipset. Eventually I will do a fresh install to convert from 32 to 64 bit but I would like to use the 32 bit for now. My question is will I be able to boot back into Win7. Apparently I can't do a repair install like XP. I don't want to loose my user settings and I also have SP1 installed which reminds me thanks a lot Microsoft for not letting us slipstream service packs anymore. Why, when I pay good money for an O.S. does everything have to be so painfull?

Kari · 04 Mar 2011

Method One as described in this tutorial should suit you, letting you transfer your Seven setup to new hardware, especially if you have a retail license of Windows 7: Windows 7 Installation - Transfer to a New Computer

With OEM license a re-activation might and most probably will cause problems but at least you get 30 days time to plan your migration to 64-bit Seven.

Kari

Brink · 04 Mar 2011

Hello Seven,

In addition, you can slipstream SP1 into Windows 7 if you would like to. :)

Slipstream Windows 7 SP1 into a Installation DVD or ISO File

SEVEN X7 · 06 Mar 2011

Thank you for your responses. They will be very usefull in the future. Unfortunately I jumped the gun and did an all nighter install of 64 bit. The worst part is finding program keys in saved emails but I gotter done.

Brink · 06 Mar 2011

You're welcome Seven. At least you got it sorted in the end though. :)