Double installation of Win7 ?


  1. sportflyer
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    Vista 32bit
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    Double installation of Win7 ?


    Please explain why some people recommend double installation of Win7 ? Install once on bootup but not enter key and not activate, then upgrade from within windows 7 after it is installed but this time enter key and manually activate? Tks
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  3. Jonathan_King
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    Windows 7 Professional x64
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    Hello,

    That method was used to do a clean install of Vista using an upgrade version. Read this for more info.

    It is no longer necessary to do this with Windows 7. Check out the link, I believe your question will be answered.
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  4. sportflyer
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    Vista 32bit
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    I was planning to do a custom install by deleting all partitions , then make 2 more partitions and install win 7 Pro in the first partition . Can I still do this via method 2 of link above?
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  6. Jonathan_King
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    Sure. That should work fine.
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