Thinking on upgrading hardware

Tythus · 7 Jan 2014 at 02:09

If I say change the motherboard and cpu would I need to do a full clean installation of windows 7 or would it be able to just update the required drivers automatically or with the installation disk/recovery disk in safe mode repair?

postmanfw · 7 Jan 2014 at 02:17

I would go for a clean install to be honest

KIA · 7 Jan 2014 at 12:38

Clean.

Tythus · 7 Jan 2014 at 22:06

So advised clean but not required ok
Would anyone know where I could get an installation image? I've lost my windows 7 disk but I still have the CD key.

unleashed · 8 Jan 2014 at 09:50

Tythus said:
So advised clean but not required ok
Would anyone know where I could get an installation image? I've lost my windows 7 disk but I still have the CD key.

google "Digital River"

KIA · 8 Jan 2014 at 11:14

Tythus said:
So advised clean but not required ok
Would anyone know where I could get an installation image? I've lost my windows 7 disk but I still have the CD key.

http://forums.mydigitallife.info/th...t-links-Multiple-Languages-X86-amp-X64/page60

Tythus · 8 Jan 2014 at 16:09

<3 is the SP1 media refresh the disk with service mack one installed by any chance?

KIA · 8 Jan 2014 at 18:04

Tythus said:
<3 is the SP1 media refresh the disk with service mack one installed by any chance?

They both contain SP1.

Microsoft has published a new refresh version of Windows 7 with SP1 integrated ISO media on May 12, 2011. This new issue fixes a minor issue when using the original Windows 7 SP1 media to install Win7 w/SP1 on a new PC. The Windows 7 SP1-U (Media Refresh version) adds the installation hotfix KB2534111, and nothing else. No other changes have been made to the Windows 7 with SP1 ISO image despite there are several updates that have been released after the original Windows 7 SP1 was released.