Windows 7 Upgrade Editions alert

[persentio]

For anyone who ordered the discounted Upgrade versions of Windows 7, take note of this: http://www.maximumpc.com/article/news/windows_7_upgrade_edition_will_require_activated_copy_verification_each_time_it%E2%80%99s_installed

[vivalabam]

wtf ? i think they should just let you input your XP/Vista CD key and let you validate both from within W7. having to install and validate one before the other is plain retarded.

[angcsbenny]

if i can upgrade with win 7 rc tat would be good..

[persentio]

wtf ? i think they should just let you input your XP/Vista CD key and let you validate both from within W7. having to install and validate one before the other is plain retarded.
Yah man... But as of yet I don't think it's 100% confirmed. Hopefully people will make noise about the way the upgrade works.

If it doesn't change though; I'm seriously considering cancelling my pre order upgrade and just get OEM when it hits SG.

[vivalabam]

Yah man... But as of yet I don't think it's 100% confirmed. Hopefully people will make noise about the way the upgrade works.

If it doesn't change though; I'm seriously considering cancelling my pre order upgrade and just get OEM when it hits SG.

lolwhy ? i think the extra time is worth the money saved. might try doing a fresh install and making an image of the HDD using norton ghost. hopefully can restore in the event of a reformat without having to activate again..

[jysjjj]

if i can upgrade with win 7 rc tat would be good..

yes u can..but there's a catch..

Read here:
blogs.chron.com/techblog/archives/2009/07/a_major_windows_7_upgrade_question_gets_an_an.html

[persentio]

lolwhy ? i think the extra time is worth the money saved. might try doing a fresh install and making an image of the HDD using norton ghost. hopefully can restore in the event of a reformat without having to activate again..
Ah you have a point there. Just that disk imaging you also in the end need to spend extra on a backup drive and disk imaging software if you don't have them already..

[vivalabam]

a fresh install of w7 is less than 9.5GB right ?? should be able to fit on a dual layer dvd i think ? i, for one, don't believe in using HDDs for stuff like this, its bound to fail sooner or later...

[mgx-alander]

i am waiting for singapore release leh i got 2 comp waiting to be updated

[persentio]

a fresh install of w7 is less than 9.5GB right ?? should be able to fit on a dual layer dvd i think ? i, for one, don't believe in using HDDs for stuff like this, its bound to fail sooner or later...
Hmm not sure about that since I havent tried W7 RC yet. Wait until W7 RTM build leaks - if any - then I try :D

But yeah guess just stick to the method one feels most comfortable with. :)

[ceecookie]

Microsoft finally closed the Vista Upgrade Workaround loophole :s13:

[FakePicture]

that means everytime my system crash .. i need to use my lenovo system disk to recovery my system.. only after recovery i can start to install windows 7?..

crapppp

I will do a ghost image first thing after installing drivers and activiating

[sargedessy]

Cool. How do you do the ghost image?

[vivalabam]

just use norton ghost and clone the entire windows partition, the instructions are pretty straightforward...

[persentio]

Acronis True Image 2009 also has Disk Cloning so you can use that too.

[sonic]

You can download Seagate Disc Wizard from Seagate site if you have Seagate HDD
in your system.
In the wizard, got clonning & image back up too, and also to create a bootable Cd
for the restoration from dos.
But if you got partition on C drive, better use Ghost.. as Seagate cannot back by
partition, only the whole HDD..