Windows 7

Luckycharms_74

Hi all

I have the Release Candidate installed on my desktop.

AMD Phenom X2 550 Processor 3.10Ghz
Gigabyte GA-MA770T-UD3P, AMD 770
Sapphire HD 4350 1GB DDR2 PCI-Express

Today I received the full Version of Windows 7 home premium.
Do i need to install a clean version or can i just upgrade from the beta version ????

Zombrex

According to this you can upgrade (is it the upgrade you bought), but all your files will be put into a folder called Windows.old, which might not be desireable

http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/14/microsoft-confirms-windows-7-rc-upgrade-rules/

The upgrade rules for Windows 7 are supposed to be very convoluted and getting a bit of bad press at the moment. What ever you do I would back up anything important, I know some "upgrades" actually wipe your harddrive (I think going from 32bit to 64bit does this

cpu-dude

Wicknight wrote: »

According to this you can upgrade (is it the upgrade you bought), but all your files will be put into a folder called Windows.old, which might not be desireable

http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/14/microsoft-confirms-windows-7-rc-upgrade-rules/

The upgrade rules for Windows 7 are supposed to be very convoluted and getting a bit of bad press at the moment. What ever you do I would back up anything important, I know some "upgrades" actually wipe your harddrive (I think going from 32bit to 64bit does this

You can upgrade, with a easy little text file edit:

1 - Copy all your files to your computer in a folder called Windows 7.
2 - Open up the folder called Sources and open the file called cversion.ini



3 - It will look something like this:

[HostBuild]
MinClient=7233
MinServer=7100

4 - Edit the contents to look like:

[HostBuild]
MinClient=7000
MinServer=7100

5 - Save the file and start your Windows 7 installation.



6 - Select Upgrade during the install and follow the instructions.
7 - You may have to uninstall some software (e.g Anti-Virus or Firewall).

NOTE: It’s always better to do a clean Windows 7 install to get better performance results.

Luckycharms_74

Thanks guys.

Think I will just do a clean install better that way