windows 7 upgrade

[Repta]

Windows is sowly becoming the thing i hate most after a christmas of various re installs for family. Just spent today trying to do a fresh reinstall of xp on my bros new set-up without much look. System32/drivers/pci.sys is corrupt everytime its installed.

Anyway question i have is does it need to be installed for the windows 7 uprgrade? I have the product key for xp and the disk.

Thanks rhys

 

[ian54]

You can install an upgrade version by using it as a fresh install without the key (unlicensed trial), and then "upgrading" from that.

 

[robinbredin]

Repta
windows 7 upgrade
Windows is sowly becoming the thing i hate most after a christmas of various re installs for family. Just spent today trying to do a fresh reinstall of xp on my bros new set-up without much look. System32/drivers/pci.sys is corrupt everytime its installed.

Anyway question i have is does it need to be installed for the windows 7 uprgrade? I have the product key for xp and the disk.

Thanks rhys

There is journal HERE on how to do a clean install using a upgrade version of win 7.