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In case you didn't see and I'm sure many of you may get asked. You cannot upgrade from XP to Windows 7. Tell your friends and family so they don't

Posted by oblique (aka kkuphal) Oct 22 '09, 07:29

surprised

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This is correct. Msoft says you need to do a 'Custom (clean)' install - which equates to backing up, doing a fresh install, and then restoring -- nm - decline Oct 22, 07:32
that tis what I thought, but mop told me I was wrong. -- nm - tRuMaN Oct 22, 07:30 11
- luckily, I am going from 64bit home premium to 64bit home premium, so I can just upgrade. -- nm - tRuMaN Oct 22, 07:51
- Here's the chart of the upgrade options. Notice the XP line -- (link) - oblique Oct 22, 07:32 9
  - *This* is the reason a lot of people don't upgrade. - JaxSean Oct 22, 07:48 5
    - 64-bit to 32-bit is a big deal. Every driver has to be replaced, I'm not surprised it's a clean install only -- nm - oblique Oct 22, 07:49 4
      - Most people (I would think) don't know about this stuff. They want to put in discs, and run it, and it be done. - JaxSean Oct 22, 07:51 3
        
        I think it's more of the face that the installer won't offer you to upgrade to 64-bit. Tthere isn't separate 32-bit and 64-bit upgrade CD. You just - oblique Oct 22, 07:53 2
        
        I don't even know what the difference is - or how to tell what kind I have. -- nm - JaxSean Oct 22, 08:05 1
        
        You're the perfect candidate for the "keep the OS that came with the computer" strategy. :-) -- nm - mara Oct 22, 08:06
  - Wow. A lot of the upgrades need a clean install. -- nm - Guigue Oct 22, 07:34
  - So you can buy the upgrade version, but you need to do a clean install -- nm - Guigue Oct 22, 07:33 1
    - Yes. XP and Vista qualify for upgrade pricing -- nm - oblique Oct 22, 07:34

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