upgrade xp to windows 7 twice?


  1. husker
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    upgrade xp to windows 7 twice?


    Hi there,

    I bought the "win 7 home upgrade" and installed over my existing XP with no problems (didnt use upgrade option did a clean install).

    However I have a new motherboard/CPU arriving today and will need to reinstall win 7 again. My question is can i do this easily as the is no XP to "upgrade" from anymore.

    Also, how many times can you use the "upgrade" disk on 1 PC?

    Cheers

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  3. myzr7
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    Welcome to Seven Forums, husker
    Not sure if you are going to be able to do what you want to do but I have been hearing good things about Windows back up and restore. You could look at that in this tutorial. I have also been hearing that MS is very understanding and a phone call could get you activated again if need be. Good luck to you
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