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Upgrading Windows 7 OS from HOME PREMIUM to ULTIMATE
I was running HP Home Premium 64bit and it became corrupted.
Instead of FORMATTING and Recovery and back to Home Premium, I decided to UPGRADE to ULTIMATE. The upgrade fixed the problems and I did not lose my Data. But a couple of boots later, something changed my C:/ drive designation to D:/ and nothing would boot.
So, I UPGRADED again to Ultimate and everything seems to work now but when it BOOTS, It asks if I want to use OS:
1. windows 7 ("Ultimate" word is missing but it seems OK and loads and works OK)
2. Windows 7 Home Premium (which of course hangs as it is now folder WNDOWS.old and WINDOWS.old.000)
What concerns me now is if I dont REMOVE WINDOWS.old and 000, somehow it will screw it up again and make my Ultimate OS drive D:/ again.
My C:/ drive is still all i have as HD so is really not a real Dual boot??? Everything is on C:/
Yahoo/Google only find fixes for DUAL boot and they are for XP, etc. Can not find how to get rid of the "Home Premium" choice
1. Anyone know how to CLEAN UP and Remove the Home Premium as a OS option? So if I dont catch the timer, it will not try to boot to Home Premium? (maybe OK as is second choice) but......
2. Microsoft says you can not use the "Windows.old" but does not say why it saved it and what it is for? Can I simply DELETE the Windows.old and old.000 as regular folders?