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Vista to Win7 now needs recovery

  • 13-10-2010 11:46am
    #1
    Antigone05
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 513 ✭✭✭


    Im looking to do a system recovery on my desktop, it was first shipped with Vista but ive since upgraded it to Windows 7 Ultimate.

    Its getting a bit sluggish due to some corrupt files etc and want to do a spring clean on it.

    my question is, how do i do it? if i use my Win7 disk on boot, will it not need me to enter its serial number again (and presumably tell me the serial number is used) , or do i need to use my Vista disks first, then the Win7.

    I cant seem to find a answer!

    Thanks!


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  • #2
    JonathanAnon
    Closed Accounts Posts: 23,718 ✭✭✭✭JonathanAnon


    Well you have two options really.. You could

    i. clean up the current installation of Windows 7
    or
    ii. reinstall Windows 7

    Is the Windows 7 CD specifically an UPGRADE CD (i.e. meaning you would need to install Vista and then install Window 7 over it, to be able to do a clean fresh install)..

    I think what you should do is try to work with the existing installation... Remove all unnecessary software, try running something like CC Cleaner to remove crap from the registry, defrag the hard drive (though this should be done automatically), maybe go through msconfig and remove items that you dont require on startup...

    It is usually installed applications (as opposed to Windows 7 itself) that causes slowdown issues, so that is where I would start..


  • #3
    Antigone05
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 513 ✭✭✭Antigone05


    yeah i do a daily sweep with ccleaner and make sure my software is up to date and no baddies hidden anywhere.

    To be honest, i do a system recovery annually on my pcs, i just like to have it running 100% all the time, and from a system recovery i know ill get the best results.

    this had me at a road block though, its a full OEM Windows 7 ultimate (64bit)

    if i load from the disk and format my drive etc, will it ask for its serial number?
    i presume it will. but i also presume Microsoft have something to dissolve this issue as im surely not the only person looking to do this.


  • #4
    JonathanAnon
    Closed Accounts Posts: 23,718 ✭✭✭✭JonathanAnon


    My point is, that Windows 7 is unlikely to have this behaviour out of the box.. Most issues I would see with bloating, and slower operation, are due to third party applications.. I'm not sure if you have carried any issues with you by carrying out an upgrade... Personally I never do an upgrade, I would always carry out a clean install... Is this possible with your Windows 7 version (what's written on the DVD)??

    What Anti Virus software are you running? Also you could check Task Manager to see what processes (and thus what applications) are using up all your processor time..


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