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WinXP Pro to Student version Win 7 Ultimate
My son's computer currently runs Windows XP Pro SP3 and he's looking to go
to the student version of Windows 7 Ultimate. We've run the advisor and the machine is more than capable of handling the change but we're a bit baffled by some conflicting information on the http://www.software4students.co.uk/ website. The Microsoft Upgrade Path Chart shows that a move from Windows XP to Windows 7 Ultimate can be done, NOT as an in-place upgrade, but ONLY as a "custom install". A custom install is also known as a clean install and can be used to completely replace your existing operating system or you can perform a custom (clean) install if your computer does not have an existing OS or you want to multi-boot. The software4students website says this: *For the academic license version to install correctly, customers are advised to have a previous Windows OS currently installed on their computer or laptop.* *S4S & Microsoft advise customers to choose the upgrade DVD's "Custom Installation" option when available rather than "In-Place Upgrade" and to back up all important files before beginning.* The two paragraphs above seem (to me at least) to conflict with each other. When installing an OS, I've always booted from the CD, formatted the hard drive and then done the installation - that's what I consider a clean install, or in Win7-speak, presumably a custom install. Can anyone confirm - do you have to have an existing OS (which I would consider as an in-place upgrade) or can you do a clean install (freshly formatted hard drive) to install the student/academic version? TIA, Dave |
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WinXP Pro to Student version Win 7 Ultimate
Dave wrote:
My son's computer currently runs Windows XP Pro SP3 and he's looking to go to the student version of Windows 7 Ultimate. We've run the advisor and the machine is more than capable of handling the change but we're a bit baffled by some conflicting information on the http://www.software4students.co.uk/ website. The Microsoft Upgrade Path Chart shows that a move from Windows XP to Windows 7 Ultimate can be done, NOT as an in-place upgrade, but ONLY as a "custom install". A custom install is also known as a clean install and can be used to completely replace your existing operating system or you can perform a custom (clean) install if your computer does not have an existing OS or you want to multi-boot. The software4students website says this: *For the academic license version to install correctly, customers are advised to have a previous Windows OS currently installed on their computer or laptop.* *S4S & Microsoft advise customers to choose the upgrade DVD's "Custom Installation" option when available rather than "In-Place Upgrade" and to back up all important files before beginning.* The two paragraphs above seem (to me at least) to conflict with each other. When installing an OS, I've always booted from the CD, formatted the hard drive and then done the installation - that's what I consider a clean install, or in Win7-speak, presumably a custom install. Can anyone confirm - do you have to have an existing OS (which I would consider as an in-place upgrade) or can you do a clean install (freshly formatted hard drive) to install the student/academic version? TIA, Dave Windows 7 upgrade paths http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...5-00f0ee7fe0fb There is no upgrade path from Windows XP to Windows 7. You can migrate but you cannot upgrade. If you have Windows XP (installed or its install CD), the install of Windows 7 does a *fresh* installation. The OS partition gets wiped when Windows 7 gets installed. A data transfer wizard is provided that is to help you move your data files into the fresh install of Windows 7; however, if you want to ensure your data files survive the migration, do a backup of them onto other media before the migration so you can restore them from that backup media. |
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WinXP Pro to Student version Win 7 Ultimate
On 2/15/2010 11:11 AM, Dave wrote:
My son's computer currently runs Windows XP Pro SP3 and he's looking to go to the student version of Windows 7 Ultimate. We've run the advisor and the machine is more than capable of handling the change but we're a bit baffled by some conflicting information on the http://www.software4students.co.uk/ website. The Microsoft Upgrade Path Chart shows that a move from Windows XP to Windows 7 Ultimate can be done, NOT as an in-place upgrade, but ONLY as a "custom install". A custom install is also known as a clean install and can be used to completely replace your existing operating system or you can perform a custom (clean) install if your computer does not have an existing OS or you want to multi-boot. The software4students website says this: *For the academic license version to install correctly, customers are advised to have a previous Windows OS currently installed on their computer or laptop.* *S4S & Microsoft advise customers to choose the upgrade DVD's "Custom Installation" option when available rather than "In-Place Upgrade" and to back up all important files before beginning.* The two paragraphs above seem (to me at least) to conflict with each other. When installing an OS, I've always booted from the CD, formatted the hard drive and then done the installation - that's what I consider a clean install, or in Win7-speak, presumably a custom install. Can anyone confirm - do you have to have an existing OS (which I would consider as an in-place upgrade) or can you do a clean install (freshly formatted hard drive) to install the student/academic version? When you run the installer off of the Windows 7 DVD, before it formats the drive it checks for a previous version of Windows. If one isn't found then you are asked to provide the install CD from a previous version of Windows. |
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WinXP Pro to Student version Win 7 Ultimate
"Dave" wrote in message ... My son's computer currently runs Windows XP Pro SP3 and he's looking to go to the student version of Windows 7 Ultimate. We've run the advisor and the machine is more than capable of handling the change but we're a bit baffled by some conflicting information on the http://www.software4students.co.uk/ website. The Microsoft Upgrade Path Chart shows that a move from Windows XP to Windows 7 Ultimate can be done, NOT as an in-place upgrade, but ONLY as a "custom install". A custom install is also known as a clean install and can be used to completely replace your existing operating system or you can perform a custom (clean) install if your computer does not have an existing OS or you want to multi-boot. The software4students website says this: *For the academic license version to install correctly, customers are advised to have a previous Windows OS currently installed on their computer or laptop.* *S4S & Microsoft advise customers to choose the upgrade DVD's "Custom Installation" option when available rather than "In-Place Upgrade" and to back up all important files before beginning.* The two paragraphs above seem (to me at least) to conflict with each other. When installing an OS, I've always booted from the CD, formatted the hard drive and then done the installation - that's what I consider a clean install, or in Win7-speak, presumably a custom install. Can anyone confirm - do you have to have an existing OS (which I would consider as an in-place upgrade) or can you do a clean install (freshly formatted hard drive) to install the student/academic version? What you've gotten so far is correct. Also, if you do an install without a format it will move everything from your XP system into a folder labeled Windows.old. You can retrieve your data from there. |
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WinXP Pro to Student version Win 7 Ultimate
"Roy Smith" wrote in message ... On 2/15/2010 11:11 AM, Dave wrote: My son's computer currently runs Windows XP Pro SP3 and he's looking to go to the student version of Windows 7 Ultimate. We've run the advisor and the machine is more than capable of handling the change but we're a bit baffled by some conflicting information on the http://www.software4students.co.uk/ website. The Microsoft Upgrade Path Chart shows that a move from Windows XP to Windows 7 Ultimate can be done, NOT as an in-place upgrade, but ONLY as a "custom install". A custom install is also known as a clean install and can be used to completely replace your existing operating system or you can perform a custom (clean) install if your computer does not have an existing OS or you want to multi-boot. The software4students website says this: *For the academic license version to install correctly, customers are advised to have a previous Windows OS currently installed on their computer or laptop.* *S4S & Microsoft advise customers to choose the upgrade DVD's "Custom Installation" option when available rather than "In-Place Upgrade" and to back up all important files before beginning.* The two paragraphs above seem (to me at least) to conflict with each other. When installing an OS, I've always booted from the CD, formatted the hard drive and then done the installation - that's what I consider a clean install, or in Win7-speak, presumably a custom install. Can anyone confirm - do you have to have an existing OS (which I would consider as an in-place upgrade) or can you do a clean install (freshly formatted hard drive) to install the student/academic version? When you run the installer off of the Windows 7 DVD, before it formats the drive it checks for a previous version of Windows. If one isn't found then you are asked to provide the install CD from a previous version of Windows. http://www.microsoft.com/windows/win...derations.aspx From this website: "Depending on the version of Windows you're currently running,....." The setup routine looks at what's installed and doesn't ask for a CD like it did with XP. |
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WinXP Pro to Student version Win 7 Ultimate
relic wrote:
"Dave" wrote in message ... My son's computer currently runs Windows XP Pro SP3 and he's looking to go to the student version of Windows 7 Ultimate. We've run the advisor and the machine is more than capable of handling the change but we're a bit baffled by some conflicting information on the http://www.software4students.co.uk/ website. The Microsoft Upgrade Path Chart shows that a move from Windows XP to Windows 7 Ultimate can be done, NOT as an in-place upgrade, but ONLY as a "custom install". A custom install is also known as a clean install and can be used to completely replace your existing operating system or you can perform a custom (clean) install if your computer does not have an existing OS or you want to multi-boot. The software4students website says this: *For the academic license version to install correctly, customers are advised to have a previous Windows OS currently installed on their computer or laptop.* *S4S & Microsoft advise customers to choose the upgrade DVD's "Custom Installation" option when available rather than "In-Place Upgrade" and to back up all important files before beginning.* The two paragraphs above seem (to me at least) to conflict with each other. When installing an OS, I've always booted from the CD, formatted the hard drive and then done the installation - that's what I consider a clean install, or in Win7-speak, presumably a custom install. Can anyone confirm - do you have to have an existing OS (which I would consider as an in-place upgrade) or can you do a clean install (freshly formatted hard drive) to install the student/academic version? What you've gotten so far is correct. Also, if you do an install without a format it will move everything from your XP system into a folder labeled Windows.old. You can retrieve your data from there. Thanks everyone, I'll tell him he can get it ordered ) |
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WinXP Pro to Student version Win 7 Ultimate
On 2010-02-15, Dave wrote:
relic wrote: "Dave" wrote in message ... My son's computer currently runs Windows XP Pro SP3 and he's looking to go to the student version of Windows 7 Ultimate. We've run the advisor and the machine is more than capable of handling the change but we're a bit baffled by some conflicting information on the http://www.software4students.co.uk/ website. The Microsoft Upgrade Path Chart shows that a move from Windows XP to Windows 7 Ultimate can be done, NOT as an in-place upgrade, but ONLY as a "custom install". A custom install is also known as a clean install and can be used to completely replace your existing operating system or you can perform a custom (clean) install if your computer does not have an existing OS or you want to multi-boot. The software4students website says this: *For the academic license version to install correctly, customers are advised to have a previous Windows OS currently installed on their computer or laptop.* *S4S & Microsoft advise customers to choose the upgrade DVD's "Custom Installation" option when available rather than "In-Place Upgrade" and to back up all important files before beginning.* The two paragraphs above seem (to me at least) to conflict with each other. When installing an OS, I've always booted from the CD, formatted the hard drive and then done the installation - that's what I consider a clean install, or in Win7-speak, presumably a custom install. Can anyone confirm - do you have to have an existing OS (which I would consider as an in-place upgrade) or can you do a clean install (freshly formatted hard drive) to install the student/academic version? What you've gotten so far is correct. Also, if you do an install without a format it will move everything from your XP system into a folder labeled Windows.old. You can retrieve your data from there. Thanks everyone, I'll tell him he can get it ordered ) Be sure that he get the iso file which was made available AFTER problems came up with winxp users; some idiot thought that all students were running vista. If the site doesn't have the iso, then complain. However, if he orders the dvd, then there may not be any problems for installing. |
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