Upgraded from 32 bit to 64 bit

I have also just successfully did a clean install from Vista Home Premium 32-bit to 7 Home Premium 64-bit through booting from the DVD, and indeed, all my old stuff are in the 'windows.old' folder. :)

coolfire said:

I have also just successfully did a clean install from Vista Home Premium 32-bit to 7 Home Premium 64-bit through booting from the DVD, and indeed, all my old stuff are in the 'windows.old' folder. :)

You booted the installer DVD and selected Custom install and it saved a windows.old folder? This is the first I've heard of this. It supposedly only saves windows.old files if run from Windows.

Obviously you didn't use the advanced drive options to format?

I always format using Installer and have never gotten an windows.old folder, so that must be the exception?

mushroomboy said:

You don't have to, if you have windows on the computer and you boot from DVD (boot off bios) it still saves windows.old.... It's been doing it for a while now.

Yup, that's spot on!

gregrocker said:

I always format using Installer and have never gotten an windows.old folder, so that must be the exception?

I think it is because you carry out a format? I remember Brink mentioning before that one does not need to format because a custom install also wipes out existing data...