I am confused about upgrade path

I thought I read some where that you could only upgrade from vista home premium to w7 home premium. I have three computers and would like to take advantage of the presale offer.

I am thinking of purchasing one W7 Pro and one W7 Home Premium preorder upgrade. My concern is trying to upgrade from Vista Home Premium to Windows 7 Pro.

I don't care if I have to do a clean install as I prefer that method anyways.

I am only buying two because I am planning on replacing one of the computers anyways which will come with windows 7.


If I Purchase the upgrades will I be able to upgrade from Vista Home Premium to Windows 7 Pro?

zigzag3143 said:

Hey jacen
there is a thread already going in the general section about this very thing its got tons of info.

BTW welcome to SF

Ken

Which thread? There are a couple of them and I still see conflicting responses. Plus the info tends to bounce around.

I would appear that to "upgrade" you have to go from VHP to W7HP but if you go from VHP to W7Pro you would have to do a clean install.

I don't want to purchase W7 Pro and then realize I can't install it on my Vista Home Premium computer.

Jacen said:

I would appear that to "upgrade" you have to go from VHP to W7HP but if you go from VHP to W7Pro you would have to do a clean install.

That sounds logical. However the current speculation is that you will be able to do a clean install using the upgrade media.

I don't mind doing a clean install. In fact I prefer a clean install.

My only concern is that I can't upgrade from Vista Home Premium to Windows 7 Pro.

Well it doesn't really make cents for Microsoft to prevent you from upgrading HP to Pro or Ultimate.

Jacen said:

Which thread? There are a couple of them and I still see conflicting responses. Plus the info tends to bounce around.

I would appear that to "upgrade" you have to go from VHP to W7HP but if you go from VHP to W7Pro you would have to do a clean install.

I don't want to purchase W7 Pro and then realize I can't install it on my Vista Home Premium computer.

Hey guys we do have a thread and if its tough to follow cause it jumps around do we want to make another thread so that its harder to follow? Just a thought Im not following either of the other threads but you wont get much response here.

Ken

ccatlett1984 said:

AFAIK the "upgrade" only requires that you have a existing version of vista installed. It doesnt care what edition it is.

It does matter what version if you want to upgrade without having to do a clean install .

The upgrade doc seems to be missing in action on the microsoft site but you can view it here.