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So its ok if I basically install windows 7 over windows 7?

Another option I have is, would I be able to pull the hard drive from an old computer that has XP on it, then install or activate windows 7 to my new hard drive?

I just did that not an hour ago, everything is up and running perfectly now, thanks for all you help, it saved me alot of holiday frustration :)

I'll be sure to do that, thanks guys.

Brink said:

Hello Bradd,

Not sure if this will work on a student copy of Windows 7, but try installing it using the method below instead to see if you may be able to activate afterwards.

Clean Install with a Upgrade Windows 7 Version

Hope this helps,
Shawn

It works.....

Hey Guys I'm new here but not to forums in general. Just wanted to say that the upgrade path for win 7 ult 64 bit worked for me on option 3 but I believe it was a backwards slash that worked instead of the dash after the space in the command prompt.

I tried it the first time but forgot to use as admin. but then when I used as admin. in the command prompt all went perfect and it was a breeze. I currrently have win 7 ultimate 64 bit on a ocz vertex 2 120 gb ssd....thing is freaky fast. The computer only gets used at home and pretty much any sensitive stuff is on a 256 bit encrypted external drive that's always locked with a pw.

Without the pw on the initial screen which interferes with the startup speed I would guess I get a start up time of just under 35 seconds for my boot up. I don't really have that much running at the beginning but there is A/V and firewall stuff and a few other programs and stuff but about 6 start up items loading. It's very fast, responsive and everything loads exactly how you want it.

I also have two WD Caviar Black 750 gb drives I plan on using for pics and songs and other files that I don't want on the sdd because I want to keep as much free space as possible. I have half the drive full now and that's with pretty much all the games I play, pse 8 is on there plus the os of course as well as some video editing stuff. I have one 750 gb drive for my wife to use for her stuff and one for me plus 2 WD My Book Essential 1tb external drives for back up. They were $59.99 on boxing day..$40 off and the ssd was $179.99 down from $239.99.

Thanks for reading.

Jones