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    Windows 7 RC -> Windows 7?

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by whichdan, Jul 28, 2009.

  1. whichdan

    whichdan Notebook Enthusiast

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    From what I can tell, the upgrade path works fine (i.e. no need to downgrade to Vista first), and it moves all of your files to Windows.old. My question is - will I have to reinstall all of my applications?

    (also, kindof offtopic, but are a lot of people experiencing stability issues, or just a select few?)
     
    whichdan, Jul 28, 2009
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    antskip, Jul 28, 2009
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    Yeah, what I heard is that the only people that'll be able to do an upgrade are Vista users. Win7RC, XP and 2000 folks have to do a clean install.

    My question is will Lenovo give us upgrade-qualified folks a version of Win7 that can be used for a clean install (rather than simply to upgrade Vista)? Having experienced an MS "upgrade" snafu many times before I am planning to scrub Vista altogether and start from scratch.
     
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    I am pretty sure when you do an "upgrade" from your existing Vista install, you get an option to either "upgrade from" or a "clean install". That is what I expect. I too will be choosing a clean install, with my upgrade.
     
    antskip, Jul 28, 2009
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    Thanks guys. Maybe I'll try the W7 upgrade in Oct then.
     
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    no, the OP is right. you can upgrade from the RC. it'll put your files into Windows.old.
     
    ajreynol, Jul 28, 2009
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    If it moves the 'old' Windows 7 RC directory the RTM or Retail installer then I would consider that not an Upgrade.
     
    t30power, Jul 29, 2009
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    you can probably upgrade granted you purchased the FULL version of win7. if you purchased an upgrade version dont expect to be able ot upgrade from win7 RC.
     
    useroflaptops, Jul 29, 2009
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