Win 7 upgrade using XP CD?

MacGyvr said:

There's absolutely no reason to buy the full version, ever. The upgrade disc will work in any situation, it just involves a few extra (simple) steps.

>_>
Sorry but, if you want to stay true by the EULA, you NEED to buy a full version if you don't have a Vista or XP to upgrade from.

As for myself, I don't like to work around stuff I shouldn't worrying about when installing Windows... Also, I don't think an upgrade can be transfered to another PC... like an OEM licence.

My vote goes to the full version.


To OP : You don't need the XP CD at all... just pop the Win7 upgarde disc in... as long as the OS is installed on the hard drive.

Lebon14 said:

MacGyvr said:

There's absolutely no reason to buy the full version, ever. The upgrade disc will work in any situation, it just involves a few extra (simple) steps.

>_>
Sorry but, if you want to stay true by the EULA, you NEED to buy a full version if you don't have a Vista or XP to upgrade from.

As for myself, I don't like to work around stuff I shouldn't worrying about when installing Windows... Also, I don't think an upgrade can be transfered to another PC... like an OEM licence.

My vote goes to the full version.


To OP : You don't need the XP CD at all... just pop the Win7 upgarde disc in... as long as the OS is installed on the hard drive.

Me, even if it is more expensive, I'll always go for the full version of any product. Why, you may ask?

• For starters, I don't need to jump through hoops to do a clean install with upgrade media.
• Installation is quicker
• And most importantly, it's a habit I picked up after I used to have to follow this procedure to install Windows 95:
  
  1. Install MSDOS 5
  2. Upgrade to DOS 6
  3. Apply DOS 6.22 Step-up
  4. Install Windows 3.1
  5. Upgrade to Windows 95

I've essentially been using full-version media for Windows since I moved from Windows 95 to Windows ME, then to XP, to Vista and finally to Windows 7. And incase you didn't notice it, then yes, I did skip Window 98 (both editions). If ever you want to discuss Windows disaters with me, be sure to put Windows 98 right at the top of the list, ok?

Personally, I find the upgrade registry workaround to be so simple, I consider it mostly insignificant to a clean install. It takes all of what, 10 seconds?

MacGyvr said:

mborner said:

Personally, I find the upgrade registry workaround to be so simple, I consider it mostly insignificant to a clean install. It takes all of what, 10 seconds?

There's no registry workaround required. You simply install twice. The first time you don't enter a key, and the second time you do. If that's too difficult for someone, there's a larger issue at play! :)

That's one way around it, sure, but I find that method to be about 100 times more time consuming than the registry/command line trick. Why install twice when you only need to do it only once?