Ok, here is the question.
I am building a new system and want to use Win Professional 7 64 bit upgrade as it is considerably cheaper (my sys does support 64 bit) BUT it is a new system it has nothing on the HD. Therefore in order to upgrade to Win 7 64 bit upgrade I understand that I need to have an existing installation of Win XP already installed. Now if this is correct then no problem as I do have a copy of XP which can be legitemately installed.
Therefore my question is - Before I run the upgrade and do a clean install, must I install XP inorder to get the "upgrade" version to function
New sys will be Asus P8P67 MOBO & Intel 15 2500k CPU
Thanks for any help
J
I am building a new system and want to use Win Professional 7 64 bit upgrade as it is considerably cheaper (my sys does support 64 bit) BUT it is a new system it has nothing on the HD. Therefore in order to upgrade to Win 7 64 bit upgrade I understand that I need to have an existing installation of Win XP already installed. Now if this is correct then no problem as I do have a copy of XP which can be legitemately installed.
Therefore my question is - Before I run the upgrade and do a clean install, must I install XP inorder to get the "upgrade" version to function
New sys will be Asus P8P67 MOBO & Intel 15 2500k CPU
Thanks for any help
J