The Windows 7 Home Premium Upgrade is valid for XP or Vista. An upgrade
from XP requiuires a clean install, which Microsoft calls Custom. This
means formatting the drive and starting over. It is possible to upgrade
Vista in place, without formatting, but I would never advise that unless the
Vista computer just came out of the box and was never used. Since Vista has
not been sold on computers since last October, this is highly unlikely.
However, the dual boot with XP is probably just as easy and is more
flexible, unless you would find that confusing. If you have Vista, my
advice is to nuke it as fast as possible! Format the drive and perform the
clean, custom install of Windows 7.
Don Marang
There is just so much stuff in the world that, to me, is devoid of any real
substance, value, and content that I just try to make sure that I am working
on things that matter.
Dean Kamen
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From: "Francis E. Khan" <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, September 10, 2010 2:26 PM
To: "Blind Computing" <[email protected]>
Subject: [Blind-Computing] Upgrading from XP to Windows 7
I am using XP and wonder whether I can upgrade to Version 7. Do I need to
purchase an upgrade or do I have to purchase a full version of Windows 7?
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