As you're aware, Vista had the 'capability' to do a clean install using the Upgrade DVD.
You could boot from DVD, do a clean install, not validate, then when in Windows, go to the DVD drive and install again, this time doing an upgrade and then validate.
This seemed to be kosher as reported on many sites. I know people who did it and all was well. Their Vista PCs run fine, and are completely up to date with regards to SPs and updates.
So, for an Upgrade price, it was possible to do a fresh install...will Win7 have this capability do you think?
Sorry if this has been covered....
Rgds
Rod
You could boot from DVD, do a clean install, not validate, then when in Windows, go to the DVD drive and install again, this time doing an upgrade and then validate.
This seemed to be kosher as reported on many sites. I know people who did it and all was well. Their Vista PCs run fine, and are completely up to date with regards to SPs and updates.
So, for an Upgrade price, it was possible to do a fresh install...will Win7 have this capability do you think?
Sorry if this has been covered....
Rgds
Rod
My Computer
- Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
- System Model: HP d530 CMT(PD203PA)
- OS
- Dual boot Win7 Home Premium and Vista Home Premium SP2
- CPU
- Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.00GHz (2 CPUs), ~3.0GHz
- Motherboard
- System Model: HP d530 CMT(PD203PA)
- Memory
- 4GB
- Graphics Card(s)
- Radeon X1550 Dual PCI (NOT PCI Express!)
- Sound Card
- C Media PCI
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- ASUS VW192T
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- 1440x900
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1x1GB Removable USB Drive
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- ?
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- Tower?
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- Microsoft Wireless 1000
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