Basic Download and Install question


  1. Kary10
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    Windows XP Professional
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    Basic Download and Install question


    Hi. I ordered the win 7 professional upgrade from Digital river and i will be doing a custom install from XP.

    I've downloaded the file to my system. My basic question is ?

    1. Should i copy the setup files to a External Hard Drive and run Setup.exe from there (or)
    2. Should i write these files to a DVD and run Setup.exe from there

    or
    3. Run setup.exe directly from my system from the download location.

    since custom install will format my C drive and install the new OS im not sure how option 3 will work

    Thanks
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  3. BCXtreme
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    Windows 7 Home Premium x64
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    I'm going to assume that you have downloaded the disc image of Windows 7? In this case, you should burn it to a DVD. Backup all of your programs and files to the external hard drive (if you haven't done so already), and then boot the computer from the Windows 7 DVD and install it from there.
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