Solved Upgrade Problem?

[SEVEN X7]

I am planing a major hardware upgrade. New mobo,cpu,ram,etc. This also means different chipset. Eventually I will do a fresh install to convert from 32 to 64 bit but I would like to use the 32 bit for now. My question is will I be able to boot back into Win7. Apparently I can't do a repair install like XP. I don't want to loose my user settings and I also have SP1 installed which reminds me thanks a lot Microsoft for not letting us slipstream service packs anymore. Why, when I pay good money for an O.S. does everything have to be so painfull?

 

[Kari]

Method One as described in this tutorial should suit you, letting you transfer your Seven setup to new hardware, especially if you have a retail license of Windows 7: http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/135077-windows-7-installation-transfer-new-computer.html

With OEM license a re-activation might and most probably will cause problems but at least you get 30 days time to plan your migration to 64-bit Seven.

Kari

 

[Brink]

Hello Seven,

In addition, you can slipstream SP1 into Windows 7 if you would like to.


http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorial...ows-7-sp1-into-installation-dvd-iso-file.html

 

[SEVEN X7]

Thank you for your responses. They will be very usefull in the future. Unfortunately I jumped the gun and did an all nighter install of 64 bit. The worst part is finding program keys in saved emails but I gotter done.

 

[Brink]

You're welcome Seven. At least you got it sorted in the end though.