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In response to "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" by oblique

that tis what I thought, but mop told me I was wrong. -- nm

Posted by tRuMaN (aka Truman) Oct 22 '09, 07:30

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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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