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Launching Windows 7 upgrade option
Hi guys ,
Before I do a clean install , I would like to know if there is a way to perform Windows 7 upgrade option (to keep files , programs , settings , users...etc...) without doing it from Windows ?
I have lost access to Windows 7 (both normal and safe mode) and how I have an empty sky blue screen with no message at all when Windows is supposed to start....
I have backed up the entire drive on an external drive using Windows 7PE , so no worries....
I was considering the upgrade option but it wont let me neither from Windows 7PE or from direct boot on Windows Install DVD .... It seems like I have to run the Windows Install setup from the Windows session I want to upgrade..... which is a problem since I can not access my Windows session anymore.....
So I was wondering if there's a way to force Windows upgrade....
Thanks in advance.
PS : I have read this tutorial ( Windows.old folder - Restore into a new installation ) but I'm not sure to understand it....
If I do a clean install as mentionned in step 1, basically I will lose everything that is on the drive...
So I dont understand how at step 2.8 I can move folders from a Windows.old folder that I am not supposed to have... ?
I'm confused....