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MikeEasy

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    Windows 7 Upgrade Disk Clean install
    « on: December 07, 2009, 02:35:39 PM »
    Hello everyone, I was just wondering if it is at all possible to use the windows 7 upgrade disk that i ordered in the mail to install a fresh windows 7 instead of upgrading.  I am currently using windows vista 64 bit on an HP laptop.  I dont want all my files saved i just want a fresh start!  thanks!
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    Re: Windows 7 Upgrade Disk Clean install
    « Reply #1 on: December 07, 2009, 03:53:24 PM »
    Clean Install Windows 7 With Upgrade Media and Product Key on Formatted or Empty Blank Hard Drive: http://www.smartestcomputing.us.com/index.php?showtopic=37852
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      Re: Windows 7 Upgrade Disk Clean install
      « Reply #2 on: December 07, 2009, 04:03:10 PM »
      Well that helps kinda... thanks but, im wondering do i have to erase everything before doing this? or can i just pop the cd in and try doing it while vista is installed?
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      Re: Windows 7 Upgrade Disk Clean install
      « Reply #3 on: December 07, 2009, 04:05:52 PM »
      All instructions are there.
      You don't have to erase anything.
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        Re: Windows 7 Upgrade Disk Clean install
        « Reply #4 on: December 07, 2009, 04:11:18 PM »
        thats great! ill try it and ill get back to you and let you know how it works... thanks a lot.
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        Re: Windows 7 Upgrade Disk Clean install
        « Reply #5 on: December 07, 2009, 04:12:29 PM »
        Sure thing :)
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          Re: Windows 7 Upgrade Disk Clean install
          « Reply #6 on: December 07, 2009, 04:13:22 PM »
          great website btw! =] bookmarked
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          Re: Windows 7 Upgrade Disk Clean install
          « Reply #7 on: December 07, 2009, 04:14:05 PM »
          Thanks :)
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            Re: Windows 7 Upgrade Disk Clean install
            « Reply #8 on: December 08, 2009, 11:09:42 AM »
            Hrm.... Well.... I started using your directions and used a custom setup and put it on my hard drive when i installed....When i got to the part about NOT putting my product key in it wouldnt me continue even after entering the serial number.  So i put my product key in anyway and than i proceeded... It put something on my partition.  I started windows normally and it seems like everything was deleted anyway O_o.  I installed my drivers and its all good.  Hrm thanks? hahaha =P
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              Re: Windows 7 Upgrade Disk Clean install
              « Reply #9 on: December 09, 2009, 07:30:24 PM »
              I don't think everything was deleted. 

              A new user profile was created. 

              If you go to C:\Users, check for your old profile there.
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              Re: Windows 7 Upgrade Disk Clean install
              « Reply #10 on: December 10, 2009, 02:29:33 AM »
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                Re: Windows 7 Upgrade Disk Clean install
                « Reply #11 on: December 10, 2009, 10:52:30 AM »
                Quote from: MikeEasy on December 08, 2009, 11:09:42 AM
                I started windows normally and it seems like everything was deleted anyway O_o.

                I know that he initially said he wanted a fresh start (first post), but, of course, the quoted line above could imply that he was expecting stuff to still be there...
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                  Re: Windows 7 Upgrade Disk Clean install
                  « Reply #12 on: December 11, 2009, 08:20:39 PM »
                  Hrm...i went to the folder and there is only a Mike (my new one) and a public.... is the public my old one or is that usually there? /

                  oh...and i really wasnt expecting anything to be there, i backed everything up first
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