upgrade: 7 home pre. to 7 pro on new laptop no discs

The installer is driver-complete, with newer arriving quickly via optional Windows Updates.

Find any missing drivers on the Support Downloads webpage for your model computer, or back up Windows/System32/drivers and driverstore files to browse to after install.

You can clean reinstall the same version using Product Key on sticker if you can borrow or otherwise obtain a Win7 installer. Any installer can be used after unlocking hidden versions using ei.cfg removal tool.

To upgrade within Win7 you'll need to use Anytime Upgrade, or clean reinstall using higher version retail DVD and key. There is also a workaround to in-place upgrade to another Win7 version if you need it, but it would defeat your purpose of getting rid of factory bloatware corruption.

Hello Jonathan_King,
Thank you for the quick reply. The new lap top is 64 bit and the other two computers are 32 bit so I'll have to do a clean install with them also.When you say "in place upgrade" I assume you mean on the laptop. Will that get rid of all the pre installed junk? If it did that would be handy for the systems drivers being retained.

Darell

Thank you gregrocke,

So the upgrade disk reads the system and take care of the drivers on its own?
Darell

The Win7 installer is the same whether upgrade or full retail - only the key determines which version.

To advance way beyond XP and Vista, MS spent a fortune getting all of the drivers into the isntaller or quickly available via optional Windows Updates. There are some exceptions but they are becoming rarer. Performance might dictate a different driver, but also rarely.

Thank you gregrocker and Jonathan_King for you input and help

:)

Darell

Well Hi all,
I bought the upgrade disk and went after it. I booted the laptop for the first time and went straight into the bios and set it to boot to removable disk. Rebooted to the upgrade disk got rid of the partitions and formatted the hard drive and loaded up Windows 7 pro with out a hiccup. Then I went to Gateways web site and I'll give them this, by entering the serial # of the laptop I got all applicable updated drivers, chip-set/system/software. In some cases there was more than one to choose from, so a trip to device manager helped to straighten that out.
All in all it was a bit of work but for me it was well worth it. It now is my laptop not Gateways.
The tutorials were spot on and the way Brink and others have set them up and linked them together to further the information you may need is SPOT ON. What a resource this forum is. I'm glad to be part of this community.

Thanks to All, Darell

dedet said:

Well Hi all,
I bought the upgrade dick and went after it. I booted the laptop for the first time and went straight into the bios and set it to boot to removable disk. Rebooted to the upgrade disk got rid of the partitions and formatted the hard drive and loaded up Windows 7 pro with out a hiccup. Then I went to Gateways web site and I'll give them this, by entering the serial # of the laptop I got all applicable updated drivers, chip-set/system/software. In some cases there was more than one to choose from, so a trip to device manager helped to straighten that out.
All in all it was a bit of work but for me it was well worth it. It now is my laptop not Gateways.
The tutorials were spot on and the way Brink and others have set them up and linked them together to further the information you may need is SPOT ON. What a resource this forum is. I'm glad to be part of this community.

Thanks to All, Darell

You done a good job, nice hear good news.