Clean Install or Upgrade?

[saulob]

Ok, now that Windows 7 is out "officially" who do you guys think?

I installed fine using Upgrade from Vista SP2 Ultimate. Everything worked fine without any new driver install. All my programs worked right away.

I like the system, I like the speed. So I keep asking myself will it be better if I install again in a "clean install" way?

What's your opinion, what's better? And what you did?

 

[richc46]

I plan on doing a clean install when I receive my pre order disc in Oct. I think that if you are happy with the operation of the OS, you should not fix it if it is not broken. As time passes and you find that you experience problems, such as programs not working, freezing or slowness, you can always try the clean install. The usual problem with an upgrade is that some of your programs refuse to work properly.

 

[G2gCya]

clean install, i don't mind reinstalling software

 

[TGSoldier]

Clean install.. It just feels better clean

 

[Sammy]

Clean install always = less headaches/frustration

 

[wwoods]

2 clean installs....and boy it sucked Let me explain.

My disk set up is

C - 320G was Vista
D - 320G Data

So I decided to partition c in half and install 7 on it and migrate slowly...so I ended up with:

C - 160G - Vista
D - 320G - Data
E - 160G - Windows7

after getting everything how I liked it, I decided I no longer needed Vista, and would blow away C, extend E (which was created by partitioning C) and then rename C to E

It just got ugly after that............fineally decided to say screw this, , clean install on C, life is now good. OS install was cake, drivers went on with no issue, well, amost, my Xfire still isnt working, but I am hoping ASUS gets their act together and gets a fix.

 

[Dzomlija]

Clean Install, but only to wipe my current Windows 7 RC Build 7100 installation. I liked 7 so much after trying the BETA Build 7000 in January, I wiped Vista (NOT because I didn't like Vista) from my system and have been using Windows 7 since then.

 

[visy199]

Less problems with clean install!

 

[Dwarf]

Always a clean install for me.

 

[harpua]

I clean installed the RC build, but it's been upgrades ever since. And I'm very happy with the way everything is working.

I did have to reinstall a few of my security apps, a driver or two, to iron out a few kinks, but it was pretty easy. Much easier than doing a clean install and all that that entails. I figured I'd give it a try and if I wasn't satisfied than I could always do a clean install. So far, haven't felt the need to. YMMV though.

 

[roiiploe]

"To be real - you gotta wipe it to the steel" - is what I always say

 

[abuttino]

There are so many reasons to do a clean install, and not many reasons to do an upgrade.

Upgrades take longer than a clean install.

That includes re-installing all your software.

If you upgrade, you will be faced with a 3-4 hour upgrade process. Then you will be leaving broken registry entries for programs that aren't installed anymore, then always you will have some headaches of removing the Windows.old directory (taking ownership of the files and directories, and then maybe you can delete it.

THEN you have to deal with programs that didn't install properly when windows upgraded, and you'll have to remove them and re-install them and hope windows lets you un-install them.

If it doesn't let you un-install it, then you would have to get a program like CCCleaner.

THEN, some data corruption has been found with upgrades.

So, Why should you upgrade when the cons outweigh the pros.

 

[saulob]

There are so many reasons to do a clean install, and not many reasons to do an upgrade.

Upgrades take longer than a clean install.

That includes re-installing all your software.

If you upgrade, you will be faced with a 3-4 hour upgrade process. Then you will be leaving broken registry entries for programs that aren't installed anymore, then always you will have some headaches of removing the Windows.old directory (taking ownership of the files and directories, and then maybe you can delete it.

THEN you have to deal with programs that didn't install properly when windows upgraded, and you'll have to remove them and re-install them and hope windows lets you un-install them.

If it doesn't let you un-install it, then you would have to get a program like CCCleaner.

THEN, some data corruption has been found with upgrades.

So, Why should you upgrade when the cons outweigh the pros.

abuttino, I thought about it before doing the upgrade install. But it all worked fine. No problem at all, really, all the programs working.

First time that I did that without a problem in all the Windows that I installed on my PC.

 

[maccik]

always a clean Install...

 

[flyerbob]

GET IT CLEAN !

I never touched Vista after reading about all the adverse experiences with it - both private and corporate. Just think how many companies have reverted to XP from Vista after various disasters.

So, I just bought a new laptop - TOSHIBA SATELLITE A500-17X - with Win 7 pre-installed...that's clean enough!
At first, I wondered what all the hype had been about before the Win 7 release, but as I'm getting to know more & more features, I'm leaving many XP-habits behind, although I still HAIL win XP as the best until '7'.