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    Windows 8 Can I clean install Win8Pro from a Win8Pro Upgrade disc?

    Hi all, The heading says it all. I have a legitimate new Win8Pro Upgrade dvd with serial. Can I clean install Win8Pro with this from scratch, or do I have to upgrade over my existing Win7 Home Premium x64 Laptop? After reading some posts on the forum I see that a clean install of Win8 would be...
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    • Forum: Windows Upgrade and Installation
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    Windows 8 How To Do A Clean Install Of Windows 8 With An Upgrade Disc

    Sometimes you just need to do a clean install . Unfortunately, the Windows 8 Upgrade can throw you an error when you try to activate the operating system afterwards. Lifehacker reader uncommoner shows us a workaround for this issue. More*» * Source: Yahoo! News
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    Windows 7 Install from upgrade...

    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 ...
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    • Forum: Windows Upgrade and Installation
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    Windows 7 Reformat & Reinstall Win7

    Posted in incorrect forum: Running Win7 on a hard drive installed 4 months ago. Left my Win7 upgrade disc with vendor and they loaded. Getting BSoD 2 - 3 times a day. Had tech at work (he's a Linux freak and did it begrudgingly) check hardware and all seems acceptable. Ran 'verifier' for...
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    Windows 7 Can't install Windows 7, getting black screen with cursor

    I’m having some problems with my PC, and suspect it MAY be related to Windows 7. Yesterday I was using my PC and it started crashing. It would either freeze, show me a blue screen error and reboot, or just flat out reboot. I believe the problem is one of three possible things: Windows 7...
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    • Forum: Windows Upgrade and Installation
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    Windows 7 Win 7 Key install and ID HELP!!

    Can somebody please explain the Producy Key and ID key and the validation process please because i am having difficulty in validating my copy of windows. I will explain because I have messed up somewhere trying to be clever: Firstly ..I purchased a upgrade win 32/64 discs with key but found...
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    • Forum: Windows Upgrade and Installation
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    Windows 7 Problems when upgraded from vista with disc microsoft sent

    Wont run windows, turn on and itll hit blue screen or try and fix and itll look like its loading windows vista and freeze... so im guessing it still has parts of vista and 7 on it which is making it f'ed up.. cant reinstall, all i have is upgrade disc what do i do?
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    • blue screen fixing issues installation problems loading issues reinstallation system freeze upgrade upgrade disc windows 7 windows vista
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    • Forum: Windows Upgrade and Installation
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    Windows Vista Installing Vista upgrade disc on new HD

    Hi all, My first post. I have not been able to find a previous thread about this, there may be a reason for that, but here goes. I currently have XP installed, but want to finally install my Vista Home Preimum upgrade that I got a little over a year ago. I don't want to loose the XP in case...
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    • Forum: Windows Upgrade and Installation
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