How to update vista TM home premium to window 7 in my Acer Extensa?

[Lincolnliu]

Dear friends, please help me with the information as to update the Vista TM home premium operating system in my Acer Extensa 5620Z (laptop) to window 7? I am fed with this Vista......Thank you!

 

[Britton30]

Welcome to Seven Forums Lincolliu. Here is a complete set of steps. You will need to buy a w7 key to do this.
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/1818-upgrade-install-windows-7-a.html

 

[gregrocker]

You'll have a better install if you boot the Win7 installer to do a Clean Install Windows 7 deleting all partitions to create and format new using the Drive Options in Steps 7 and 8.

Make your Vista Recovery disks first if you might want to return to Vista for any reason, although you can always reinstall it with the Product Key on the COA sticker if its still readable.

Other tips here to assure you get a perfect install are the same for Clean Reinstall

 

[Lincolnliu]

Thank you for the answer! But do I really need a window 7 key to update? Is there a free version of window 7 somewhere I can use?

 

[derekimo]

Thank you for the answer! But do I really need a window 7 key to update? Is there a free version of window 7 somewhere I can use?

Yes you really need a key to update.

No there is no free version of Windows 7.

 

[Britton30]

Thank you for the answer! But do I really need a window 7 key to update? Is there a free version of window 7 somewhere I can use?

Yes you really need a key to update.

No there is no free version of Windows 7.

Absolutely. An Upgrade version will cost much less than full retail. Make sure it's genuine, there's many ratbags selling hacked and malware-ridden version over there and everywhere.

 

[Lincolnliu]

So where can I buy a genuine one? Bestbuy?

 

[Britton30]

I doubt they would have it anymore. Call if there's a local one. Newegg had some left. Some on Amazon have been counterfeit.
Newegg.com - Software, Operating Systems, WINDOWS 7 UPGRADE

 

[Lincolnliu]

Many thanks for providing the website! In this website, windows 8 update is even much cheaper than windows 7 update, why is that? Can I just go ahead to update to windows 8 as it's the latest version?

 

[gregrocker]

If you have a touchscreen then Windows 8 might be worth considering, but Win7 is by far the better OS.

 

[Britton30]

If you have a touchscreen then Windows 8 might be worth considering, but Win7 is by far the better OS.

...and MS is attempting to force feed Win 8 to the general user base so it has really cut prices in the attempt. I'd also stick with w7 as Win 8 can lead to hard to reconcile install issues.

 

[derekimo]

Many thanks for providing the website! In this website, windows 8 update is even much cheaper than windows 7 update, why is that? Can I just go ahead to update to windows 8 as it's the latest version?

Windows 8 has really upset a bunch of people, so before this thread takes a left turn into debate land,

Let me just point you to a tutorial from our sister forum, you can actually try the newest version

of windows 8 for free, see if you like it, it's just another OS with new things to learn.

Windows 8.1 Preview - Download and Install

 

[md2lgyk]

You should probably first run Microsoft's Upgrade Advisor to see if your computer is compatible with Win 7, and what version to install. My laptop, an older Dell Vostro, can only handle the 32-bit version.