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    Upgrading to Windows 7 RC1

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by mdpham05, May 5, 2009.

  1. mdpham05

    mdpham05 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hi. I have a VGN-CR290 notebook pre-installed with Vista Home Premium. I was thinking of upgrading from Vista to 7 RC1 and I was wondering if I can still re-install Vista using my VAIO recovery partition after I had made the upgrade? Thanks.
     
    mdpham05, May 5, 2009
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    stephen0205 Notebook Consultant

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    i dont think u can, but if u wanna try it just partition ur drive and install and have a multiboot
     
    stephen0205, May 5, 2009
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  3. coolguy

    coolguy Notebook Prophet

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    You can reinstall vista using the recovery DVD's. But it's always a good idea to dual boot 7 with Vista, so you can avoid reinstalling vista back.
     
    coolguy, May 5, 2009
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    rjbg84 Notebook Evangelist

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    +1 on dual booting...it is safer that way.
     
    rjbg84, May 5, 2009
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    jdbrookes Notebook Evangelist

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    I had been dual booting Vista and Windows 7 since Windows 7 betas started appearing just before xmas. I found that in the last few months I've just not been using Vista at all, so that partition has now been removed and I'm running Windows 7 solo. Build 7100 RC is marvellous.

    But yeah, until you're sure you don't need Vista for anything anymore (I don't myself), then dual booting is the way to go.
     
    jdbrookes, May 6, 2009
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    monsoonmoon Newbie

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    Hi.
    I have a VGN-SZ2XP and I just installed Windows 7. Everything seems pretty much ok in terms of normal use - bar the FN keys not working.

    I've read the posts regarding drivers for windows 7 but I don't really understand where I can get them from. Can anyone help? E.g. for the touchpad

    On a similar note, what are the disadvantages to NOT installing all the sony apps - e.g. battery management. If everything works ok then do I have to?

    Thanks
     
    monsoonmoon, May 21, 2009
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