For everyone concerned about buying the upgrade disk

[DJG]

Not a problem - my XP to Win 7 "upgrades" are all going to be clean installs. The only kink is going from XP Pro x64 to Win 7 Home Premium x64. I still have to say nowhere in any of the MS upgrade information do they mention XP Pro to Win 7 Pro restriction. I also e-mailed a point blank question to MS and here's the expected inconclusive response I got:

"Dear Dj,
Thank you for contacting the Microsoft Store Customer Support Team. I appreciate the opportunity to provide you with information on Windows 7.
You are eligible for the upgrade of Windows 7 if you are running either Windows XP or Windows Vista. You may wish to read more in depth about the system requirements here at the link provided below:
http://store.microsoft.com/microsoft/Windows-Windows-7/category/102
If you have any further questions or wish to place an order you may do so online at www.microsoftstore.com or reach us by phone, Monday to Friday 8am to 1am EST and Saturday and Sunday between the hours of 12pm and 8pm EST at 1-877-MY-MSSTORE (1-877-696-7786)
Thank you for using the Microsoft Store,
John, C
The Microsoft Store Customer Support Team


--- Original Message ---
From : dj_garcia
Sent : Sunday, June 28, 2009 12:12:10 AM UTC
To : 259b5d04-90c6-4b55-8c46-1d34c2cd9b53
Subject : Microsoft Storeroduct questionroduct on the Microsoft

I have a workstation with XP Pro x64 and a notebook with XP Pro 32-bit. Can I use the Windows 7 Home Premium upgrade option (2 separate copies of course) to update them to Windows 7?

Thanks!

DJ"

How official are these Pro-to-Pro restriction sources?

Edit: OK, I bit the bullet and called MS Store. The lady said she thought it was Pro-to-Pro, but went to check. After a couple of minutes she came back and said that yes, you can go XP Pro to Win 7 Home Premium. So there's a fairly official take on this, for now! If somebody else can get another non-conflicting call on this (877 696-7786) maybe we can be even more reassured. I loved the voice menu first option: If you're calling about Windows 7, press 7" .

 

[grouchpunk08]

Not a problem - my XP to Win 7 "upgrades" are all going to be clean installs. The only kink is going from XP Pro x64 to Win 7 Home Premium x64. I still have to say nowhere in any of the MS upgrade information do they mention XP Pro to Win 7 Pro restriction. I also e-mailed a point blank question to MS and here's the expected inconclusive response I got:

"Dear Dj,
Thank you for contacting the Microsoft Store Customer Support Team. I appreciate the opportunity to provide you with information on Windows 7.
You are eligible for the upgrade of Windows 7 if you are running either Windows XP or Windows Vista. You may wish to read more in depth about the system requirements here at the link provided below:
http://store.microsoft.com/microsoft/Windows-Windows-7/category/102
If you have any further questions or wish to place an order you may do so online at www.microsoftstore.com or reach us by phone, Monday to Friday 8am to 1am EST and Saturday and Sunday between the hours of 12pm and 8pm EST at 1-877-MY-MSSTORE (1-877-696-7786)
Thank you for using the Microsoft Store,
John, C
The Microsoft Store Customer Support Team


--- Original Message ---
From : dj_garcia
Sent : Sunday, June 28, 2009 12:12:10 AM UTC
To : 259b5d04-90c6-4b55-8c46-1d34c2cd9b53
Subject : Microsoft Storeroduct questionroduct on the Microsoft

I have a workstation with XP Pro x64 and a notebook with XP Pro 32-bit. Can I use the Windows 7 Home Premium upgrade option (2 separate copies of course) to update them to Windows 7?

Thanks!

DJ"

How official are these Pro-to-Pro restriction sources?

The vista pro-to-pro or ultimate is from MS themselves. I am thinking of calling to confirm XP upgradability. I'm finding it hard to find solid references dealing with XP level restrictions

EDIT- A third call to microsoft, since upgrading from XP REQUIRES a clean install, XP users can choose any level of windows 7 to upgrade to, regardless of what level their current XP is.

 

[DJG]

Do call as did I - check my previous message edit.

 

[grouchpunk08]

Do call as did I - check my previous message edit.

I called too lol, check my post edit lol. I will aslo be adding this information to the intitial thread post

 

[DJG]

I called too lol, check my post edit lol. I will aslo be adding this information to the intitial thread post

That's a big WOO-HOO!

 

[Silver0066]

Can you upgrade from Window XP Pro 32 bit to Win7 Pro 64 bit?

 

[K3VL4R]

http://store.microsoft.com/microsoft/Windows-Windows-7/category/102

• Running earlier versions?
• If you have Windows XP or Windows 2000, you can purchase Windows 7 Upgrade versions. But you must back up your files, clean install, and reinstall your applications.

I was on that page before and missed that completely. Thanks for the link it is good to know that people can use the clean install methods from XP as well.

 

[grouchpunk08]

Can you upgrade from Window XP Pro 32 bit to Win7 Pro 64 bit?

Calling again for confirmation on that one

EDIT- a fourth call to microsoft- According to the rep, he went and checked to confirm this, yes, becuase the windows disks will have 64 and 32 bit (not sure if that meant 2 disks come or if they both are on the same disk, but I guess that doesn't matter), so as long as you are doing a clean install you can go from 32bit to 64bit. And since XP users are REQUIRED to clean install, you can go from 32bit xp to 64 bit 7

 

[K3VL4R]

Can you upgrade from Window XP Pro 32 bit to Win7 Pro 64 bit?

Look up a couple posts. Since you have to do a clean install from XP to Win 7, then you can grab any win7 upgrade disk.

 

[grouchpunk08]

Look up a couple posts. Since you have to do a clean install from XP to Win 7, then you can grab any win7 upgrade disk.

I think his question was more geared towards whether or not he could go from 32bit to 64bit. another call to microsoft confirmed that he indeed can so long as it is installed via clean install. And since Xp users are required to clean install, that wouldn't be a problem at all.

 

[K3VL4R]

I think his question was more geared towards whether or not he could go from 32bit to 64bit. another call to microsoft confirmed that he indeed can

I guess I could have been more clear but I meant that as well as I was assuming that with a format and clean install that X86 to X64 or vice versa would not matter. Good call on giving M$ a shout to clear things up, they are proving themselves to be really helpful today.

 

[grouchpunk08]

I guess I could have been more clear but I meant that as well as I was assuming that with a format and clean install that X86 to X64 or vice versa would not matter. Good call on giving M$ a shout to clear things up, they are proving themselves to be really helpful today.

They indeed are lol

 

[Fishdoc]

I just got off the phone with a MS rep and they said you can do the upgrade from Windows 7 RC to Windows 7 RTM.

 

[grouchpunk08]

I just got off the phone with a MS rep and they said you can do the upgrade from Windows 7 RC to Windows 7 RTM.

Thanks for the information Fishdoc. I added this tidbit of info to the front

 

[serador]

Can you upgrade from XP Pro English to Windows 7 Japanese?

 

[grouchpunk08]

Can you upgrade from XP Pro English to Windows 7 Japanese?

I am not sure about cross language upgrades, and its past 5 here so I won't be able to call MS and ask till tomorrow. Perhaps someone else might have the answer to this?

 

[dev]

The computer I plan on installing it to, which currently has the 7 RC on it, doesn't have an OS Disc just the manufacturer restore DVD. Do I actually need the Windows DVD or will having the serial number be good enough? It's XP Home, by the way.

 

[grouchpunk08]

The computer I plan on installing it to, which currently has the 7 RC on it, doesn't have an OS Disc just the manufacturer restore DVD. Do I actually need the Windows DVD or will having the serial number be good enough? It's XP Home, by the way.

If its installed on your computer, you don't need the OS disk. You boot into your OS, start the disk, and it will confirm you are upgrade eligible. Then it will start the install process and ask you about formatting options and clean install options. But since you have XP it will start the clean install process immediatly. You only need the OS dvd if you want to install on a blank hard drive and don't wanna take the extra time to install 7 upgrade version twice.
Also, you can upgrade your RC if you wanted to keep XP installed on your computer. A previous OS disk is only needed if you want to use the upgrade DVD on a blank hard drive and dont wanna hassle with double installing the 7 upgrade disk.

 

[xan K]

dunno if it has been answered already in the past 10 pages. but, will the upgrade disk come with a 64bit version and a 64bit version too? I need to install se7en 64bit.

 

[grouchpunk08]

dunno if it has been answered already in the past 10 pages. but, will the upgrade disk come with a 64bit version and a 64bit version too? I need to install se7en 64bit.

Yes, one of my calls to microsoft confirmed that when you buy any version of windows 7, full or upgrade, 64 and 32 bit will both be included