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Starting today you can pre-order WIN 7 Home Premium or Professional upgrade editions at a number of different online and B&M retailers. See the MS webpage for details. I noticed that XP is a qualified O/S for the upgrade. However, I don't believe I'll try that. A clean install is best practice. I paid $49.99 each for two copies of WIN7 Home Premium at NewEgg with free shipping. I would presume that they'll ship the DVD's just ahead of the official release date.

Frank Golden
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$50, wow, that's great compared to what they usually charge for an os...psto upgrade, i'd hope you could wipe the hd, start the clean install, and simply put your copy of the xp cd in to validate.
I don't think it works that way. I think if an upgrade path from XP or even Vista is possible using an upgrade rather than a full DVD, you must have XP or Vista installed first. I may be wrong, please correct me if I am.Then again I recall upgrading from win 95 to win 98SE years ago using an upgrade CD, not a full installer. To clean install after format I had to pop my win 95 CD in at some point to verify that I had a valid copy of win 95.I also thought the upgrade path from XP involved upgrading to Vista first. See the below excerpt from an article by Tom's Hardware.
Microsofthas said that it will offer upgrade options for users to move from Windows XPto Windows 7, but to be clear, those are only for purchasing software licenses. There will be no software upgrade path.“I can confirm that customers will be able to purchase upgrade media and an upgrade license to move from Windows XP to Windows 7 - however, they will need to do a clean installation of Windows 7,” a Microsoft spokesperson confirmed to The Register. “This requires the user to back up their data, install Windows 7, re-install the programs and restore their data.”Windows Vista users, however, will have the option to install over top their existing OS.
The rest of the article belowhttp://www.tomshardware.com/news/windows-x...vista,6965.htmlHaving said all this I plan on purchasing either a retail copy of the full Win 7 Home Premium or an OEM version if available.This way I can keep my XP copy as a multiboot option.The upgrade deals, although tempting, won't fit my needs as I don't have Vista to upgrade from and I don't want to invalidate my XP CD.Either way I will use the RC until I can afford the Final.My reasons, aside from cost, to choosing the Home Premium version is that the added features in the Professional and Ultimate versions are of no use to me.It's good to see that both the 32 bit and 64 bit versions will be in the retail package and I presume the OEM package.Hopefully either can be used as long as both are not activated at the same time.I've tried the 64 bit RC on my machine but there were issues that I hope will be corrected by the final release.If so I'll likely settle for 64 bit Win 7.This in keeping with the 64 bit versions of Ubuntu Intrepid and Hardy that reside on my HDD with Win7. Edited by Frank Golden
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I don't think it works that way. I think if an upgrade path from XP or even Vista is possible using an upgrade rather than a full DVD, you must have XP or Vista installed first. I may be wrong, please correct me if I am.Then again I recall upgrading from win 95 to win 98SE years ago using an upgrade CD, not a full installer. To clean install after format I had to pop my win 95 CD in at some point to verify that I had a valid copy of win 95.I also thought the upgrade path from XP involved upgrading to Vista first. See the below excerpt from an article by Tom's Hardware.The rest of the article belowhttp://www.tomshardware.com/news/windows-x...vista,6965.htmlHaving said all this I plan on purchasing either a retail copy of the full Win 7 Home Premium or an OEM version if available.This way I can keep my XP copy as a multiboot option.The upgrade deals, although tempting, won't fit my needs as I don't have Vista to upgrade from.Either way I will use the RC until I can afford the Final.My reasons, aside from cost, to choosing the Home Premium version is that the added features in the Professional and Ultimate versions are of no use to me.It's good to see that both the 32 bit and 64 bit versions will be in the retail package and I presume the OEM package.Hopefully either can be used as long as both are not activated at the same time.I've tried the 64 bit RC on my machine but there were issues that I hope will be corrected by the final release.If so I'll likely settle for 64 bit Win 7.This in keeping with the 64 bit versions of Ubuntu Intrepid and Hardy that reside on my HDD with Win7.
From the MS FAQ page:
To be eligible for the offer, you need to be running a genuine copy of the Windows XP or Windows Vista operating systems.
Microsoft designed Windows 7 Upgrade media for Windows Vista. A customer with Windows XP can purchase Windows 7 Upgrade media but must back up their files, clean install, and then reinstall their applications.
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You can install the Vista or Windows 7 upgrade as a clean install. You just have to install it twice. This was the technique for Vista so I believe it would work in Windows 7 too. Basically, you install the upgrade as a clean install. Then you do an upgrade install from the new install.

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You can install the Vista or Windows 7 upgrade as a clean install. You just have to install it twice. This was the technique for Vista so I believe it would work in Windows 7 too. Basically, you install the upgrade as a clean install. Then you do an upgrade install from the new install.
That's how I installed Vista Ultimate Upgrade. Brian Livingston at Windows Secrets published a how-to here. Note that you don't key in the software key on the first install.
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Thanks for posting Mac. $50 upgrade for Windows 7 is a great deal. :drooling:

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Thanks for posting Mac. $50 upgrade for Windows 7 is a great deal. :thumbsdown:
But, you better get your pre-order in quick. NewEgg has already stopped the pre-sale of WIN7 Home Premium. I just checked Fry's and Home Premium is still listed as available.

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