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Last edited by w7runner; 15 Nov 2010 at 16:52.
Just to be sure we are on the same page, you have your Win 7 on one partition and your XP on a different partition, right? If so, just take insert your Win 7 disk in the CD drive and follow this tutorial. It will format the Win 7 drive (erase everything) and install Win 7. Be sure you have backed up all of your data. Clean Install with a Upgrade Windows 7 Version
You can have both XP and Win 7 on your PC with no problem. You are not upgrading, you are doing a Clean Install. I would not worry about that. You are perfectly legal. == Do you want to have both on your PC or do you want only Win 7? You can have only Win 7 if that is what you want. == One other question, why do you want both XP and Win 7?
I had XP. When I heard Win 7 was coming out, I came on this site for about a month or two and asked questions. I got the CD and installed over my XP. The tutorial I showed before is really through and you just need to follow it, screen by screen and it will work. If you feel more comfortable with leaving XP until Win 7 is installed, that is fine. == What I might suggest is put on one partition your Win 7 and your programs and put your Docs (letters, Pictures, Music, etc) on another partition. This is the suggested want to set it up. == One other thing, when you install Win 7, don't put the activation key in until you have it working OK. You have 30 days before you need to do that.
It won't ask you to put in a previous version. Just put your Win 7 Upgrade disk in the CD Drive. It will ask you if you want a Custom (clean) Install or an Upgrade. Select Custom and it will start installing. According to the Microsoft License, your HD could be blank and your XP disk in a drawer and you would be legal to use the Win 7 Upgrade disk.