windows 7 upgrade help

sniperone · 1 Jan 2010 at 15:39

Hi guys
i need a little bit of advise . i have just purchased windows 7 premium 64 bit upgrade .
i have 32bit vista home premium on my machine at the moment . do i do a clean install or do i boot from inside windows ?
the documents say that if i format the drive then windows 7 will not activate and i will have to re install windows vista then win 7 .

now i know the old double install trick worked with vista but it doesnt work with win 7 .
can i install windows 7 on a new drive with vista on the other drive then delete vista after install

and can i install vista on another machine after windows 7 has installed

many thanks guys
and happy new year

sniperone · 2 Jan 2010 at 10:47

cant no one help me ???

roddypoddy · 2 Jan 2010 at 11:11

http://www.winsupersite.com/win7/clean_install_upgrade_media.asp
Have you looked here?

Thomss · 2 Jan 2010 at 11:14

I did exactly the same as you. format, install new OS, bought the key from MS and it took it without a problem at all. From home prem vista to Win7 Pro 64.

Thomas

theheyes · 2 Jan 2010 at 11:15

Ok regarding regarding Vista, in terms of the licensing agreement no you may not install it on another machine.

For Windows 7 there is a work around to do a 'clean' install, however because you're going from 32 to 64 bit and for general convenience just run the disc from inside Vista and see what the installer says.