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    Question about W7 Student version

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by inchyfingers, Oct 29, 2009.

  1. inchyfingers

    inchyfingers Notebook Consultant

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    Hi, I want to buy W7 with the student discount and I want them to send me the discs. Question is are the discs exact same as the ones they sell in stores? Also, would I be able to perform clean installs with these? I am using Vista Home Premium right now and want to upgrade to W7 Professional with a clean install. Thanks in advance.
     
    inchyfingers, Oct 29, 2009
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  2. ton247

    ton247 Notebook Evangelist

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    I'm wondering this too, but I'm just looking for the W7 Premium upgrade. That $29.99 price tag is sweet.
     
    ton247, Oct 29, 2009
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    Buckits Notebook Consultant

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    you guys should search the forums a little, there are a few threads that are STILL on the first page that discuss this in detail.

    But to answer your question, they give you an oem disc, so no it isn't exactly retail, BUT it has everything on it (win7 32bit and 64bit). It will be the upgrade version so if you want to do a clean install on an empty hard drive, you need to do a custom install, and then activate. If this doesn't work you can always install over itself (like vista upgrade was able to do), and upgrade from a trial version.

    More details here
    http://www.winsupersite.com/win7/clean_install_upgrade_media.asp

    Not trying to get on you, but it sucks searching for answers when there are like 40 of the same threads.

    Edit: the above works for any upgrade version, including student
     
    Buckits, Oct 29, 2009
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