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windows 7 upgrade.
on: December 20, 2009, 05:13:08 PM
first off, i'm sorry if this needs to be in a different section but i think i'm right.

ok now to the guts.  who has upgraded from vista to win 7?  i havent done our new lappie yet. and i'm getting mixed feelings from work.  about half say to wipe and reload with a fresh install and ther others are saying to just upgrade. 

whats your input?
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Re: windows 7 upgrade.
Reply #1 on: December 20, 2009, 05:14:50 PM
Fresh install is always the best way to go for any OS.

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Re: windows 7 upgrade.
Reply #2 on: December 20, 2009, 05:17:19 PM
Quote from: Chako on December 20, 2009, 05:14:50 PM
Fresh install is always the best way to go for any OS.



x2 although more expensive.

i think xp to 7 you gotta full install but vista to 7 u can upgrade without too many hitches.
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Re: windows 7 upgrade.
Reply #3 on: December 20, 2009, 05:22:19 PM
Fresh install is what I would do as well :tu:
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Re: windows 7 upgrade.
Reply #4 on: December 20, 2009, 05:24:27 PM
i think i still have an unopened copy of Windows ME somewhere >:D
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Re: windows 7 upgrade.
Reply #5 on: December 20, 2009, 05:27:28 PM
Quote from: Pacu on December 20, 2009, 05:24:27 PM
i think i still have an unopened copy of Windows ME somewhere >:D

Lol, keep it that way :D
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Re: windows 7 upgrade.
Reply #6 on: December 20, 2009, 06:36:33 PM
Quote from: Pacu on December 20, 2009, 05:17:19 PM
Quote from: Chako on December 20, 2009, 05:14:50 PM
Fresh install is always the best way to go for any OS.
x2 although more expensive.

i think xp to 7 you gotta full install but vista to 7 u can upgrade without too many hitches.

actually you can still fresh install with an upgrade version, as you pointed out, it's required for XP, and it's also required if you want to go from 32bit to 64bit or if you want to install a different language (my laptop has vista spanish 32bit, and I'm planning to wipe in favour of win7 english 64bit )
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Re: windows 7 upgrade.
Reply #7 on: December 21, 2009, 04:43:10 AM
cool thanks for the input.  i guess i'll have to wait till i have a lot more free time.  gotta backup my personal data first before doing the wipe and reload... hmmm  maybe i should see what hp had on their disc's that i got.  with the season being insane (well for us at least) i hope they gave me a drivers disc.   or i could upgrade, then run a back up of the system with the HP backup stuff and then do a wipe and reload.  an extra step (well a huge extra step) but might not be too bad of an idea
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Re: windows 7 upgrade.
Reply #8 on: December 21, 2009, 03:23:03 PM
Quote from: ecfiffer on December 21, 2009, 04:43:10 AM
cool thanks for the input.  i guess i'll have to wait till i have a lot more free time.  gotta backup my personal data first before doing the wipe and reload... hmmm  maybe i should see what hp had on their disc's that i got.  with the season being insane (well for us at least) i hope they gave me a drivers disc.   or i could upgrade, then run a back up of the system with the HP backup stuff and then do a wipe and reload.  an extra step (well a huge extra step) but might not be too bad of an idea
HP restores are probably the harddisk image with all preloaded drivers and software in place.

Best bet is to go onto the HP website, find your model and see if they have drivers available for win7 before you upgrade. I'd download them all to a usb disk beforehand, that way it's quicker later on. (this is the procedure I'm about to attempt with our Compaq/HP laptop here)
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Re: windows 7 upgrade.
Reply #9 on: December 21, 2009, 04:45:41 PM
Just FYI, I'm done. My laptop has Win7 Ultimate running on it in evaluation mode. Seems noticeably faster than it was with Vista.

Everything was working as far as I can tell, but I installed the HP drivers anyways. Just a couple more items and it's totally finished.
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Re: windows 7 upgrade.
Reply #10 on: December 21, 2009, 07:33:21 PM
Just installed some of the last remaining bits of software from HP's website, and the webcam software made me discover what Benner used to look like before he discovered the hair gel!

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Re: windows 7 upgrade.
Reply #11 on: December 21, 2009, 08:10:22 PM
Does anyone really want to see "The Ultimate High Definition Movie Experience" starring Ben?

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Re: windows 7 upgrade.
Reply #12 on: December 21, 2009, 08:37:40 PM
Or course!  Everyone does.  :D
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Reply #13 on: December 21, 2009, 08:50:07 PM
I'm afraid I'll have to ask Sue about that as she's likely the most recent user!

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Re: windows 7 upgrade.
Reply #14 on: December 22, 2009, 12:13:57 AM
Quote from: Benner on December 21, 2009, 08:37:40 PM
Or course!  Everyone does.  :D

and by everyone he means just him
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Re: windows 7 upgrade.
Reply #15 on: December 22, 2009, 12:22:44 AM
I'm the only one that counts anyway.  :D
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Re: windows 7 upgrade.
Reply #16 on: December 22, 2009, 03:32:30 AM
Quote from: Benner on December 22, 2009, 12:22:44 AM
I'm the only one that counts anyway.  :D

yes sir spams-a-lot :D :D :cheers:
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Reply #17 on: December 22, 2009, 11:26:47 AM
Nah that's Mike.  At least some of my posts have relavent content.  :D
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Re: windows 7 upgrade.
Reply #18 on: December 22, 2009, 11:44:27 PM
Quote from: Benner on December 22, 2009, 11:26:47 AM
Nah that's Mike.  At least some of my posts have relavent content.  :D

So true  :D

Ok Mike I'll get my coat  :ahhh  :D

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Re: windows 7 upgrade.
Reply #19 on: December 23, 2009, 10:40:48 PM
Quote from: John on December 22, 2009, 11:44:27 PM
Quote from: Benner on December 22, 2009, 11:26:47 AM
Nah that's Mike.  At least some of my posts have relavent content.  :D

So true  :D

Ok Mike I'll get my coat  :ahhh  :D

man i need my boats  it's gettin deep on this thread!   :D

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did you do an upgrade or wipe and load?
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Reply #20 on: December 24, 2009, 03:58:01 AM
I've done it on 4 comps now. I always do a clean install after a disk format. It's the best way. I've done it on my Vista lappy, my old useless Linux box, my Mom's XP system (my old gaming rig), and a friends Vista gaming rig. It was very fast and painless every time. Just make sure you have everything backed up, format, install. let it do it's thousand updates, then make sure you don't have to update/reinstall any drivers (honestly 7 takes care of most of that its self). And it's def. worth it. Fixes most of Vistas remaining issues and pushes people to finally give up that antiquated mess called XP (sacrilege I know, but I frakin' hate XP with a passion- move the Hell on people)

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Re: windows 7 upgrade.
Reply #21 on: December 24, 2009, 12:45:47 PM
thanks for your input guys!  i'm ganna do a wipe and load.  as much as i dont want to.  i have so many friggin apps im ganna have to reload.  oh well.  time to grab my dvd's and back up all my profile....
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Re: windows 7 upgrade.
Reply #22 on: December 24, 2009, 05:57:36 PM
Quote from: ecfiffer on December 24, 2009, 12:45:47 PM
thanks for your input guys!  i'm ganna do a wipe and load.  as much as i dont want to.  i have so many friggin apps im ganna have to reload.  oh well.  time to grab my dvd's and back up all my profile....

It will be worth it in the end :tu:
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Reply #23 on: December 24, 2009, 11:38:41 PM
Your computer will thank you.

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