Re: Update to Windows 7

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there is a website that explains how to do what you want to do.

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"Adam Clauss" <cabadam.do@.not.gmail.spam.com> wrote in message news:e#Hlea$YKHA.196@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
OK, from my reading on the internet, I have learned two things:
1) By owning a valid, activated copy of Windows XP, I qualify for the discounted "upgrade" boxed copy of Windows 7.
2) I will, however, need to perform a clean install. An in-place upgrade is not supported from XP->Win7. I prefer the clean method anyway.

Fine.
I qualify for the "upgrade" copy, but I feel like there is a catch to it.
My question is how the "validation" of the upgrade actually works. I have seen various statements on the internet from different sources - but I could not locate ANY of this information actually from Microsoft's website.

My understanding is that the upgrade version of Windows 7 will attempt to locate an activate Windows XP/Vista installation on the machine. If it finds this, it allows installation to continue.
That seems to work fine for the INITIAL upgrade, but I am someone who tends to reformat their machine from time to time (usually due to hardware updates).

So, when I reformat and have a CLEAN harddrive, how will Windows 7 validate itself as an upgrade? There will no longer be a copy of Windows installed on the machine. Do I really have to reinstall Windows XP (which is full version), activate it, and THEN turn around and install Windows 7? I was unable to find any documentation from Microsoft on this. If anyone can point to a Microsoft page that discusses this, I would appreciate it.

Thanks,
Adam

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