Comments on: Windows 7 Upgrades http://www.dailyindia.com/blog/221129212.php An Indian technology blog with reviews, opinions and more. Tue, 13 Dec 2011 05:28:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Michael Swanberg http://www.dailyindia.com/blog/221129212.php/comment-page-1#comment-46852 Michael Swanberg Fri, 02 Oct 2009 17:58:06 +0000 http://www.dailyindia.com/blog/221129212.php#comment-46852 Ah, but read again... there's a way to do a "clean" install with the upgrade version. And there may well emerge a hack like there was for Vista, where you could install and then upgrade from the install. All in all, I am not too keen on keeping an old OS around to upgrade from, but the "upgrade" will be to a fresh drive or partition, and will thus be a "clean" install. And once I have loaded Win7, the next step is to do a full backup of the drive/partition using a full recovery program (like Ghost or the like). From then on, installing the OS won't be necessary. On the price front, that's great info. But I am going to try to get my professor girlfriend to get a student discount for me. I think Win7 Home Premium is like $30 that way. Cross your fingers for me that I can do that. -Mike Ah, but read again… there’s a way to do a “clean” install with the upgrade version. And there may well emerge a hack like there was for Vista, where you could install and then upgrade from the install.

All in all, I am not too keen on keeping an old OS around to upgrade from, but the “upgrade” will be to a fresh drive or partition, and will thus be a “clean” install.

And once I have loaded Win7, the next step is to do a full backup of the drive/partition using a full recovery program (like Ghost or the like). From then on, installing the OS won’t be necessary.

On the price front, that’s great info. But I am going to try to get my professor girlfriend to get a student discount for me. I think Win7 Home Premium is like $30 that way. Cross your fingers for me that I can do that.

-Mike

]]> By: Chris http://www.dailyindia.com/blog/221129212.php/comment-page-1#comment-46851 Chris Fri, 02 Oct 2009 15:25:44 +0000 http://www.dailyindia.com/blog/221129212.php#comment-46851 I will be avoiding upgrade versions of Windows 7 like the plague. A clean OS install is the only way for me. One cost saving opportunity would be to order the OEM version of Windows 7, which should run about $100, $140, and $180 for the Home Premium, Professional, and Ultimate versions. These are full versions of the OS, with the unfortunate caveat that, once activated, they are tied to your hardware profile and are (supposedly) not portable to an upgraded machine. However, you can always advance the theory, based in fact or not, that your motherboard failed and a new activation was necessary as a result. This has worked for previous Windows OEM OS versions, and may work for Windows 7 as well. I will be avoiding upgrade versions of Windows 7 like the plague. A clean OS install is the only way for me.

One cost saving opportunity would be to order the OEM version of Windows 7, which should run about $100, $140, and $180 for the Home Premium, Professional, and Ultimate versions. These are full versions of the OS, with the unfortunate caveat that, once activated, they are tied to your hardware profile and are (supposedly) not portable to an upgraded machine. However, you can always advance the theory, based in fact or not, that your motherboard failed and a new activation was necessary as a result. This has worked for previous Windows OEM OS versions, and may work for Windows 7 as well.

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