Help with Windows 7

Deadlydel · 15 Nov 2011 at 18:29

I'm planning on reinstalling windows 7.

I currently have Home Premium installed but have a copy of Pro thanks to college.

My dillema is will my programs i have installed on my d: still work if i use back up and restore?

I have a 60GB solid state drive as C: and most of my programs / all my games are on a 1TB Drive i use as D:

Will i have to reinstall them all?

Thanks in advance,
Derek

3dcandy · 15 Nov 2011 at 18:33

you could try putting disk in and trying upgrade, but I'm not sure if it will work...however, a new re-install always works best!

Deadlydel · 15 Nov 2011 at 18:35

3dcandy said:
you could try putting disk in and trying upgrade, but I'm not sure if it will work...however, a new re-install always works best!

Thing is, The pro version is a non upgradable ISO and Serial. I was hoping i could simply unlock the features using the uprgade tool but unfortunatly not possible.

two00lbwaster · 15 Nov 2011 at 18:50

Deadlydel said:
Thing is, The pro version is a non upgradable ISO and Serial. I was hoping i could simply unlock the features using the uprgade tool but unfortunatly not possible.

Yes, this is because Windows anytime upgrade is limited to certain version paths.

I think I know what you mean, you have manually linked all your programs to the D drive, rather than using the default path to the C drive.

I'm pretty certain that the windows backup and restore doesn't work like that anymore, and I only ever used it once on XP and that was to the same version again rather than to an upgraded version as you wish to proceed.

3dcandy · 15 Nov 2011 at 18:52

re-install and manually link them back? could be a problem however, and I've never tried it!
:-)

Deadlydel · 15 Nov 2011 at 19:27

3dcandy said:
re-install and manually link them back? could be a problem however, and I've never tried it!

Sounds dodgy lol. Here's me thinking installing them all on another drive was the best idea. Think i'll try it anyway and just hope for the best.