Recent content by beezer

Most assuredly - 'clean' means 'CLEAN' - no previous aspect of an earlier OS. Even re-partition and re-format the hard disk for such an installation, if desired... (or as in this case, a brand new hard disk that had never been partitioned and never had an OS installed). My 'confusion factor' in...

So... terminology as regards exactly WHICH 'upgrade' I bought seems to be my 'hangup' then ... I'd just began this process earlier, but my (obviously misinformed) "friend" arrived just as I'd started and cautioned me it was not possible to use this disk to do a 'clean' install on a new hard...

Well, after Randy's reply saying I am (in essence) pretty much 'hosed' as regards to doing a 'clean install' of Windows 7 with this 'Upgrade Anytime' "disk image" (ISO) that I bought from MS, I guess I have to go buy still another license of Windows 7... or so it would appear. Which sorta...

No doubt this has been answered in this forum MULTIPLE times already, but I am in a bit of a quandary and need to get my laptop operating quickly - so I apologize if I'm trying to 'short-cut' doing the research to find the answer in some previous post, but I need my laptop back fast ...