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Can I clean reinstall after activating, with upgrade disc?
I have just bought a used Vista laptop (Sony Vaio) and have a Retail copy of a Windows 7 upgrade disc. I have made recovery discs of the Visa. Have followed option 2 of the tutorial on how to install using an upgrade disc. So I haven't reformatted or cleared the partitions. I did this because I didn't want problems with activation, as was mentioned in some of the other options.
Anyway, all has installed fine, with most drivers from Windows updates, and the couple that aren't there, I have on usb. But my question is - if I go ahead and get it activated online now - can I then start from scratch and do a clean install with the upgrade disc, reformatting, deleting the partitions? Or will this 'wipe out' my activation?
I suppose I was thinking that once activated, the product key would be registered with this laptop and then I could do a clean install and clear everything off the hard drive. But is that the case, or would deleting the partitions mean I have to activate again and then have problems activating online?
Many thanks.