Sure it will. You just have to modify a file first. It was done intentionally, as there's not much value for MS in the upgrade experience for people going from beta to RC1.
http://blogs.msdn.com/e7/archive/2009/04/07/delivering-a-quality-upgrade-exp erience.aspx Here's what you can do to bypass the check for pre-release upgrade IF YOU REALLY REALLY NEED TO: 1. Download the ISO as you did previously and burn the ISO to a DVD. 2. Copy the whole image to a storage location you wish to run the upgrade from (a bootable flash drive or a directory on any partition on the machine running the pre-release build). 3. Browse to the sources directory. 4. Open the file cversion.ini in a text editor like Notepad. 5. Modify the MinClient build number to a value lower than the down-level build. For example, change 7100 to 7000 (pictured below). 6. Save the file in place with the same name. 7. Run setup like you would normally from this modified copy of the image and the version check will be bypassed. Greg > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:hardware- > [email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] > Sent: Thursday, April 30, 2009 9:56 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [***SPAM*** Score/Req: 6.4/5.3] Re: [H] [Bulk] Re: Win7 rc > announcement > > Same. I already got the 32bit. Bad news: will not upgrade build 7000. > Sent via BlackBerry > > -----Original Message----- > From: "Bobby Heid" <[email protected]> > > Date: Thu, 30 Apr 2009 22:42:19 > To: <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [H] [Bulk] Re: Win7 rc announcement > > > I'm downloading the X64 version from MSDN now and it has allocated > 3,194,168 > KB. > > Bobby > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Stan Zaske > Sent: Thursday, April 30, 2009 10:32 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [H] [Bulk] Re: Win7 rc announcement > > Do you have a file size on those? > > > Bryan Seitz wrote: > > File Name: en_windows_7_ultimate_rc_x64_dvd_347803.iso Date Posted > (UTC): > 4/30/2009 6:00:41 AM > > SHA1: FC867FE1AB2E0A9796F9E4D155B44EA6998F4874 ISO/CRC: 58FB2BE0 > > > > File Name: en_windows_7_ultimate_rc_x86_dvd_349010.iso Date Posted > (UTC): > 4/30/2009 6:00:41 AM > > SHA1: 7D1F486CA569EFFFFB719CFB48355BB7BF499712 ISO/CRC: E8A1C394 > > > > > > On Thu, Apr 30, 2009 at 08:03:52PM -0400, Rick Glazier wrote: > > > >> Can you post the (YOUR) official MD5? > >> (Or back channel it to me.) > >> I read they are a lot of imposters out there... > >> > >> Rick Glazier > >> > >> From: "Bryan Seitz" > >> > >>> It is up on MSDN and I'm dling it now even though I already had it > lawl > :) > >>> > > > > >
