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Vista to Windows 7 upgrade with Hardware Changes
I'm currently running Vista Home Premium 64bit OEM on an Asus P5QL Pro mobo with E8400 chip.
I'm planning to upgrade my hardware to an AMD chip (6core 1090T) and a Gigabyte 890GPA-UD3H mobo with 8gig of DDR3 ram.
Since I'm running an OEM Vista, I should be buying new Windows with this change, so I will be getting the Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit OEM as well.
My question....how do I do this upgrade so I will preserve my software installations?
Don't want to lose my multitude of registered software I have installed over the past 2 years.
Do I run the Windows 7 Upgrade first and then change the hardware, or do I start the Windows 7 Upgrade and during reboot change the hardware? Or change the hardware and then try to get Vista running before upgrading to W7 OEM?
Any help would be appreciated.
Please don't bother suggesting doing a CLEAN install, since that is not a realistic option. I might not get all my software back again.
Thanks