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Windows 7 - Windows Vista Home Premium 64 to Windows 7 Ultimate 64 |
07-02-2009
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Windows Vista Home Premium 64 to Windows 7 Ultimate 64 In October, with the official release, will I be able to upgrade my Windows Vista Home Premium to Windows 7 Ultimate, without doing a clean install ?
This will mean I will not have to do a reinstall of all my applications and games.
NOTE1: Important data is backed up to an external drive.
NOTE2: My current home PC is only 6 month's old.
Home PC Specs: i7 920/6 Gb RAM/HD 4870 512/160 GB HDD (10,000rpm)/26" LCD
| My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Playtech OS Windows 7 Ultimate x64 CPU Core i7 920 Motherboard ASUS P6T Memory 6 GB Graphics Card ATI Radeon HD 4870 Sound Card SoundMAX Monitor(s) Displays LG 26" and 22" Screen Resolution 1900x1200 & 1650x1050 Hard Drives Western Digital VelociRaptor |
07-02-2009
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#2 | | Windows 7 Rc Build 7264 x86, Ubuntu |
Yes, Vista Home Premium to 7 Ultimate is a supported upgrade path.
Hope this helps
Scott | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Custom Built OS Windows 7 Rc Build 7264 x86, Ubuntu CPU Intel Q8200 Quad Core Motherboard Asus P5QL Memory 2 Gb Graphics Card nVidia 8400GS Sound Card Stock Realtek HD Audio Monitor(s) Displays Hp 2207h and LG 42in LCD Screen Resolution 1680 x 1050, 1360 x 768 Keyboard Microsoft Wireless Mouse Microsoft Wireless PSU Corsair 550W Case Thermaltake DH 102 Cooling Unmodified Hard Drives 250 Gb seagate internal, (2) Western Digital 1 Tb external Internet Speed Time Warner - 15mb\s Other Info 4 ATI Digital Cable Tuners, 1 XBox 360, Life|Ware home automation,Yamaha RX-V765, Harmony 1000 Remote |
07-03-2009
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#3 | | Vista Ult 64bit - Windows 7 Ult 7264 64bit |
Ditto on Webadict's post, and the Upgrade process has been well refined in Windows 7 and is nowhere near as buggy as it once was.
In fact, I have "Officially" changed my long standing recommendation on the upgrade process from "Don't Do IT.." to go ahead, should be just fine. We did an extensive study on the upgrade process back in XP days at another Tech forum I Admin'd, and in over 70% of the systems we tested, there were deal breaking bugs that could not be explained any other way than a buggy upgrade.
I did upgrades on 8 Windows 7 builds pre-RC, and every one worked perfectly. | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Personal Build OS Vista Ult 64bit - Windows 7 Ult 7264 64bit CPU Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 Motherboard Asus Commando Memory 4 G's Crucial Ballistix Tracer Graphics Card BFG Nvidia 8800 GTS 340 Sound Card Creative Sound Blaster X-FI Platinum FATAL1TY Monitor(s) Displays 2-22" HP W2207 LCD Screen Resolution 1920 x 1080 Keyboard Logitech MX 5500 Mouse Logitech MX Revolution PSU Enermax Noise Taker II 600W Case NZXT Lexa Classic (dual doored & windowed) Cooling Zalman 9700 CPU cooler - 4 x 120mm, 1 x 90mm fans Hard Drives 3 x 500G WD Caviar SATA II Internet Speed Blazing... |
07-03-2009
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#4 | | Windows 7 Enterprise x64 SP1 | Windows 8 build 7989 |
And that was because XP was doing stupid things both internally as well as externally - internally in terms of M$ changing things on the fly with relation to the kernel, and externally, in terms of AV companies also changing things with Kernel level code (or access to such code) preventing good upgrades.
In fact, IIRC, XP to other OS upgrade worked best when you took XP and install it as green as the day it was installed the very first time on your machine, *didn't* upggrade (except for SP2) and then performed the upgrade.
Windows 7 - that is a different story - unless you have specific hardware / software blocks, it upgrades perfectly fine.
I have a HP laptop (Tablet PC) that I have upgraded from Vista Business to Builds 7000 - 7077, then I formatted, reinstalled Vista and upgraded directly to RC. Never once had an issue after I removed the driver for the fingerprint reader and the active secure measures of the onboard TPM module....and both were perfectly installed after the upgrade every time. | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number The Beast Model V OS Windows 7 Enterprise x64 SP1 | Windows 8 build 7989 CPU Core i7 965 EE @3.6 GHz Motherboard eVGA x58 Classified3 Memory 3 * 4GB Mushkin Enh Redline CL7 DDR3 1600 MHz (PC3-12800) Graphics Card eVGA 560 Ti 448 Core Calssified + eVGA GTX260 SSC (PhysX) Sound Card Realtek HD Audio (onboard) Monitor(s) Displays 2 * Acer X213Wbd Screen Resolution 2 * 1680 x 1050 Keyboard Logitech G15 Keyboard Mouse Logitech MX Revolution '06 PSU ThermalTake BlackWidow TX TR2 850 W Case ThermalTake Level 10 GT (Black) Cooling Corsair H100 CPU | 2 * TT 140mm TriLED | 2 * Antec TriCool Hard Drives 1 * Intel X-25M G2 80 GB SSD Sata II |
2 * Seagate 1 TB 32MB Cache 7200.12 SATA II Internet Speed Cable - 15Mbit down / 5 Mbit up advertised (30 / 6 act.) Other Info Wacom Bamboo Touch |
Hauppauge WinTV-HVR-1850 |
Optimus STAV-3400 AV Receiver |
Bose 301 Series III Speakers (Main channel) |
Bose 161 Speakers (Surround) |
Optimus 3 way 100-W speaker (Center) |
Logitech Clearchat PC Wireless Headset
Microsoft LifeCam Studio |
07-03-2009
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Windows 7 Ultimate upgrade from Vista Home Premium. Microsoft reports there is no direct upgrade path to 7 Ultimate from a non-like version. Unfortunately, you will need to do a clean install. For some reason, this is only with Ultimate.
Other cases where a clean install is necessary: - Going from a greater version to a lesser version of 7.
- Going from x86 to x64 or the other way around.
Its my understanding that Windows 7 Ultimate is so different from Vista Ultimate that a clean install is necessary. I attempted to do an upgrade from Vista Ultimate to 7 Ultimate and it forced me to do a clean install with my files being placed in a directory named windows.old. I tried it so often I had a windows.old.004! That was a nightmare! Good luck.
-J
MCP, MCSA, MCSE, VCP. 
Quote: Originally Posted by KiwiTT In October, with the official release, will I be able to upgrade my Windows Vista Home Premium to Windows 7 Ultimate, without doing a clean install ?
This will mean I will not have to do a reinstall of all my applications and games.
NOTE1: Important data is backed up to an external drive.
NOTE2: My current home PC is only 6 month's old.
Home PC Specs: i7 920/6 Gb RAM/HD 4870 512/160 GB HDD (10,000rpm)/26" LCD | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Asus OS Windows 7 x86 build 7100 CPU Intel Core 2 Duo Memory 4Gb DDR2 Graphics Card Nvidia GeForce GT 120M Internet Speed Cable 16 MB/s Other Info Punishing all immature IT jerks with knowledge. |
07-05-2009
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So it can't be done.
If I am going to be doing a clean install then, i.e. wipe the existing hard disk completely of the old system. (After backing up to an external harddisk) and then re-formating, how does it know I am doing a upgrade as opposed to new install.
At what point does it check that I have existing copy, when I have formatted the drive as part of the install.
Is there a detailed upgrade procedure ? including existing licence check.
Otherwise is it easier if I simply buy a Full Product and not an upgrade. | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Playtech OS Windows 7 Ultimate x64 CPU Core i7 920 Motherboard ASUS P6T Memory 6 GB Graphics Card ATI Radeon HD 4870 Sound Card SoundMAX Monitor(s) Displays LG 26" and 22" Screen Resolution 1900x1200 & 1650x1050 Hard Drives Western Digital VelociRaptor |
07-05-2009
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Upgrading... You won't have to backup your files or format the drive. Follow these steps:
From within the operating system, insert the new DVD.
Autorun will launch the installer.
Choose install.
Choose clean install.
This option will install the OS cleanly but will will move all your existing files to a directory named windows.old.
From there, you can complete the install and then move your files from the windows.old directory to your current pictures, music, documents directories.
The only way you will loose your files is if you choose the format option.
If you have any questions during the installation, email me at sightframe at gmail
Good Luck,
-J
MCP, MCSA, MCSE | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Asus OS Windows 7 x86 build 7100 CPU Intel Core 2 Duo Memory 4Gb DDR2 Graphics Card Nvidia GeForce GT 120M Internet Speed Cable 16 MB/s Other Info Punishing all immature IT jerks with knowledge. |
07-05-2009
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I know I don't need to to format drive, but what if I want. i.e. like a fresh new computer. | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Playtech OS Windows 7 Ultimate x64 CPU Core i7 920 Motherboard ASUS P6T Memory 6 GB Graphics Card ATI Radeon HD 4870 Sound Card SoundMAX Monitor(s) Displays LG 26" and 22" Screen Resolution 1900x1200 & 1650x1050 Hard Drives Western Digital VelociRaptor |
07-05-2009
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#9 | | Win 7 Pro x64, VM Win XP, Win7 Pro Sandbox, Kubuntu 11 |
Follow instructions given by jhwhiteh, then choose reformat from the menu. The installation process has already determined that you have a copy of the system you are attempting to upgrade from, and at this point will allow you to do a clean install. | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number HP Pavilion a4302f OS Win 7 Pro x64, VM Win XP, Win7 Pro Sandbox, Kubuntu 11 CPU AMD Athlon(tm) II X4 640 @ 3.0 Gbz Memory 12GB 1066MHz DDR3 SDRAM - 2x4GB, 2x2GB Graphics Card ATI Radeon HD 4350 HD Graphics/Audio with 512MB Sound Card Realtek High Definition Audio Monitor(s) Displays 1. Dell 23" SP2307, 2. Mitsublishi 40" HDTV, Hannspree 25" Screen Resolution 1. 2048x1152, 2. 1920-1080, 3. 1920x1200 Keyboard Microsoft Wireless 2000 Mouse Microsoft Wireless Mouse 5000 Case Mid Tower Cooling Standard Fans - 5 fans (very quiet) Hard Drives Int: 1 120 Gig SSD i
1 - 2.5" 500 USB External HDD
1 -1 Tb USB External HDD Internet Speed 10 Mbit (realistically 500 Kbit - 1.2 Mbit) Other Info Speakers - Bose Desktop (Excellent Sound)
1 external CD|DVD\Blue-ray Recorders/Players (Sony) |
07-05-2009
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And then a subsequent re-install on a new larger disk later. | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Playtech OS Windows 7 Ultimate x64 CPU Core i7 920 Motherboard ASUS P6T Memory 6 GB Graphics Card ATI Radeon HD 4870 Sound Card SoundMAX Monitor(s) Displays LG 26" and 22" Screen Resolution 1900x1200 & 1650x1050 Hard Drives Western Digital VelociRaptor Windows Vista Home Premium 64 to Windows 7 Ultimate 64 problems? All times are GMT -5. The time now is 02:20 PM. |  |