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Have two win7 disks, the one that came with the Gateway (Win7 Home Premium 64 bit) which probably has bloatware on it.
Then I purchased a (Win7 Professional) for my backup PC that maybe an OEM as well, because it states "Intended for distribution with a new computer" on it.
It's been a few years since I've installed these OS's but they both worked at the time.
If I were to have buy a new copy, whats best? I keep seeing download versions and "System builder versions? I would want the disk as well as a working product key at a reasonable price!
There's a lot of good deals, but many of them look fishy!
Thanks
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Hi,
I don't believe Gateway and others have figured out how to load all of the bloatware on 1 disk :)
Unless there are 2 disks in that package ?
Same computer it should work still.
Does the PC that will get the SSD still have the original Gateway motherboard?
Do you have any intentions of maybe replacing the motherboard in the future? Or not unless it fails completely?
Why are you considering a new copy of Windows?
Yes, Gateway Has original motherboard, will only need new OS software if original COA doesn't work. Will only replace motherboard if it fails.
Certainly should work if the "original COA" is taken directly from the sticker on the Gateway and if the disk you are using for the install is in fact the one that shipped with the PC from the factory and not a disk that you obtained later, after the Gateway was purchased.
What is your partitioning plan for the SSD and what is your backup plan in general, after you get the SSD installed?
What do you intend to do with those two 320 GB drives you now have?
Well, if If I go with the 500GB Crucial SSD for my Primary drive, (Not knowing a lot about Partitioning) we had discussed one option of just mounting a fresh install of Win7 and storing data there as well. So no partitions, just the 500GB SSD with Win7 and data.
I could use the other on-board 320GB SATA HDD drive for backups or extra storage.
I generally just image the C: drive once a week utilizing Macrium to an external HDD, and when it start's getting full, delete older backups.
The old primary 320GB replaced by the SSD (believed to be bad) will be junked out.
I generally use this pc for surfing the web, email, some photo editing and household record keeping, so I don't generate large amounts of data. It just always made sense to backup the whole C: assuring I had a OS and data backup in 1. the complete C: drive backup is usually about 92.9GB
While were still talking about this computer, I keep getting bugged to upgrade to Win10, I have seen 8 and to me, it looks more suited to touch screens? I didn't care for it and stuck with Win7, what about Win10? is it worth messing with or is it similar to 8?
ignatzatsonic, Your probably right the smaller drive may be the way to go, it will save some money.
I don't quite understand your question (Are you making an image of System Reserved as well as C?)
When I make a Macrium image I select C: and image that whole drive.
If I understood partitioning and how program files were stored better, I would like to be able to partition just enough space on the primary drive for the Win7 OS, then have additional programs and data stored on the remainder of the primary.
I could image the partition that had the OS on it separately and it would be like a fresh install if the OS went buggy.
But I don't understand enough about all this to be that crafty, so I just backup everything.
A little information so we understand thing correctly.
Drives have numbers. Partitions have letters.
A (C) partition can be and should be on Drive (0)
It can be allocated the complete Drive or a separate partition on the drive.
Example:
Disk (0) has a Reserve Partition with out a a letter as it should be.
Disc (0) also has a (C) partition with Windows 7 installed and all other data and programs. My choice at this time.
If and when I need another partition I can create one and give it a partition letter, Example: (F) partition on Disk (0).
Using these key words (Drive/Partition) correctly makes thing easier to understand for those trying to help.