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Windows 7 - Will you be able to upgrade to final once it comes out? |
08-30-2009
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Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate |
Will you be able to upgrade to final once it comes out?
Will you be able to upgrade from the evaluation version to final once it's released? Or will you have to reinstall fresh?
| My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number ELITEGROUP COMPUTER SYSTEM CO.,LTD.
OS Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate
CPU NFORCE6M-A
Motherboard AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 4800+, 25
Memory 2gb and 4gb virtual
Graphics Card Raedon 4650 HD
Monitor(s) Displays 2 View sonics, not sure which ones :P
Screen Resolution 1920x1280
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08-30-2009
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Windows 7 Ultimate x64 (Retail) |
You can upgrade from the RC version to the RTM version. Some folks say it is not recommended, but I did it and it worked just great, perfectly actually, for me.
The method is explained by MS here: Engineering Windows 7 : Delivering a quality upgrade experience | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number HP DV8t quad
OS Windows 7 Ultimate x64 (Retail)
CPU i7-Q 720
Motherboard Motherboard Chipset Intel Ibex Peak-M PM55, Intel Lynnfield
Memory 6 GB
Graphics Card nVidia GeForce GT 230M (1GB)
Sound Card IDT High Definition Audio CODEC
Monitor(s) Displays 18.4 inch HP Infinity FHD (Samsung 184HT03-001)
Screen Resolution 1920 x 1080
Keyboard laptop
Mouse Logitech VX Revolution
Cooling Zalman NC-2000 notebook cooling pad
Hard Drives Hitachi 500GB 7200 rpm (x2)
Seagate FreeAgent 1.5 TB External USB (x2)
Thermaltake BlacX eSATA/USB 2.0 3.5/2.5 HD dock
Other Info Backup Unit: Lenovo T61p
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08-30-2009
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#3 | |
Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate |
RTM? I have 7 from about 3 months ago. That's RC, correct? | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number ELITEGROUP COMPUTER SYSTEM CO.,LTD.
OS Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate
CPU NFORCE6M-A
Motherboard AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 4800+, 25
Memory 2gb and 4gb virtual
Graphics Card Raedon 4650 HD
Monitor(s) Displays 2 View sonics, not sure which ones :P
Screen Resolution 1920x1280
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08-30-2009
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Windows 7 Ultimate x64, Mint 9 |
Quote: Originally Posted by Mike3667  RTM? I have 7 from about 3 months ago. That's RC, correct? Might be the beta. What is the build number?
~Lordbob | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Hera
OS Windows 7 Ultimate x64, Mint 9
CPU Intel i5-2500k
Motherboard ASUS P8P67 Pro
Memory 2x 4Gb Corsair VENGEANCE DDR3-1600
Graphics Card NVidia GeForce N260GTX Twin Frozr
Sound Card Realtek HD OnBoard Audio
Monitor(s) Displays ASUS 24" Monitor
Screen Resolution 1920x1080
Keyboard Razer Tarantula
Mouse Razer Lachesis
PSU Cooler Master Real Power Pro 750W
Case Cooler Master Haf 932
Cooling Fans
Hard Drives G.SKILL Phoenix Series 60GB SATA II MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)
SAMSUNG Spinpoint F3R 1TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA II
Internet Speed not fast enough
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08-30-2009
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Windows 7 Professional x64 SP1 |
Quote: Originally Posted by Mike3667 RTM? I have 7 from about 3 months ago. That's RC, correct? Probably is the RC, but like LordBob said, what's the build number.
If it's 7000, it's Beta.
If it's 7100, it's RC. | | My System Specs | | OS Windows 7 Professional x64 SP1
CPU Intel Core i5-2500K
Motherboard Gigabyte P67X-UD3-B3
Memory 8 GB Corsair Vengeance Blue DDR3-1600
Graphics Card Sapphire Radeon HD 6870 1 GB GDDR5
Monitor(s) Displays Samsung SyncMaster T220HD
Screen Resolution 1680x1050
PSU Corsair 650W
Hard Drives 120 GB Corsair Force SSD + 320 GB Seagate Barracuda SATA2 + 2 TB My Book Elite
Internet Speed 50 Mbps
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08-30-2009
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Quote: Originally Posted by Mike3667 Will you be able to upgrade from the evaluation version to final once it's released? Or will you have to reinstall fresh? Microsoft recommends clean and most of us do too. You could have any version from 7000 (beta) to 7100, 7260, 7264,7600. So its hard too say upgrading from what to what.
Ken | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number HP Pavillion dv-7 1005 Tx
OS WCP ONLY
CPU 2@2.4
Memory 4 gigs
Graphics Card Nvidia 9600M
Sound Card HD built-in
Monitor(s) Displays 17" Wxga
Screen Resolution 1440x900
Cooling none
Internet Speed 45Mb down 5Mb up
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08-30-2009
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#7 | |
Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate |
I have 7100
I have MSDN, that means I can get 7600.. Right? | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number ELITEGROUP COMPUTER SYSTEM CO.,LTD.
OS Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate
CPU NFORCE6M-A
Motherboard AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 4800+, 25
Memory 2gb and 4gb virtual
Graphics Card Raedon 4650 HD
Monitor(s) Displays 2 View sonics, not sure which ones :P
Screen Resolution 1920x1280
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08-30-2009
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Windows 7 Ultimate x64, Mint 9 |
Quote: Originally Posted by Mike3667 I have 7100
I have MSDN, that means I can get 7600.. Right? The RC then. I believe you can upgrade from it. Worst case you can't, then you can follow my tutorial on how to restore from the Windows.old folder: Windows.old folder - Restore into a new installation
And yes, if it is available for a DL there, then you can use it.
~Lordbob | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Hera
OS Windows 7 Ultimate x64, Mint 9
CPU Intel i5-2500k
Motherboard ASUS P8P67 Pro
Memory 2x 4Gb Corsair VENGEANCE DDR3-1600
Graphics Card NVidia GeForce N260GTX Twin Frozr
Sound Card Realtek HD OnBoard Audio
Monitor(s) Displays ASUS 24" Monitor
Screen Resolution 1920x1080
Keyboard Razer Tarantula
Mouse Razer Lachesis
PSU Cooler Master Real Power Pro 750W
Case Cooler Master Haf 932
Cooling Fans
Hard Drives G.SKILL Phoenix Series 60GB SATA II MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)
SAMSUNG Spinpoint F3R 1TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA II
Internet Speed not fast enough
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08-30-2009
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#9 | |
Xp Pro SP3 x64, Win7 x86 (Ult 7600), Win7 x64 Ult 7600, TechNet RTM on AMD x64 (2.8Ghz) |
You might want to use Windows Easy Transfer to back up settings & programs, before you upgrade or clean install.
" Doc " | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Built them myself, Science Experiments !
OS Xp Pro SP3 x64, Win7 x86 (Ult 7600), Win7 x64 Ult 7600, TechNet RTM on AMD x64 (2.8Ghz)
CPU AMD-64 3000mhz, AMD-32 2400mhz, AMD-64 3200mhz, AMDx64 2.8G
Motherboard SIS 755, ECS-K8M890M-M (Ult 7600), & others
Memory 2gb, 4gb on the Ult 7600, 4gb on Technet RTM
Graphics Card Draw my own Graphics, several nVidia cards
Sound Card on motherboard
Monitor(s) Displays 19" flat scr, 19" Acer widescr, 22" Emprex Widescr, 23" Acer
Screen Resolution 1280 x 1024, 1440 x 900, 1920 x 1080
Keyboard Compaq & Dell recycled from GoodWill
Mouse Made in China Optical Wired Mouse
PSU 430w, 550w, 600w, etc
Case All Generic Full Towers
Cooling Open Air & a few fans
Hard Drives 6 pata Ide HD's & 2 Sata HD's
added 80gb external on Ult 7600 computer,
several extra 1tb & 2TB SATA HD's
Internet Speed Fast Cable InterNet
Other Info Linksys Routers, switches, & Hubs
Too Many USB Flash Drives to count, Biggest is 64GB !
Eight computers in my home network.
Twelve computers at my business network.
Linked via TeamViewer !
Lots of old used spare computer parts everywhere!
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08-30-2009
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#10 | |
Windows 7 Ultimate x64 (Retail) |
As I said before, upgrade install is not only possible, it works GREAT. So if you don't want to go through the whole clean install and all that that involves, feel free to give the upgrade install a try. Worst case, it doesn't work out well for you and you have to clean install, which is what others are advising you to do anyway, so you have nothing to lose by trying it and seeing if it works out for you as well as it did for me. GL however you go. | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number HP DV8t quad
OS Windows 7 Ultimate x64 (Retail)
CPU i7-Q 720
Motherboard Motherboard Chipset Intel Ibex Peak-M PM55, Intel Lynnfield
Memory 6 GB
Graphics Card nVidia GeForce GT 230M (1GB)
Sound Card IDT High Definition Audio CODEC
Monitor(s) Displays 18.4 inch HP Infinity FHD (Samsung 184HT03-001)
Screen Resolution 1920 x 1080
Keyboard laptop
Mouse Logitech VX Revolution
Cooling Zalman NC-2000 notebook cooling pad
Hard Drives Hitachi 500GB 7200 rpm (x2)
Seagate FreeAgent 1.5 TB External USB (x2)
Thermaltake BlacX eSATA/USB 2.0 3.5/2.5 HD dock
Other Info Backup Unit: Lenovo T61p
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