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    Windows 7 Issues With Windows 7 Upgrade Activation After Formatting Hard Drive

    I have Windows 7 Professional Upgrade disk. My system is/was XP Professional. I began the upgrade and had some difficulty in booting from the Win 7 upgrade disk and had to re-start several times. Eventually the installation began, formatteed the had drive and installed. At the Activation page I...
    • JimH790
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    • activation boot issues disk formatting error message formatting hard drive installation product key professional software issues tech support troubleshooting upgrade upgrade disk user experience windows 7 windows xp
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    • Forum: Windows Upgrade and Installation
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    Windows 7 Windows 7 upgrade from Vista x64- "Incompatible NTFS version"??

    Has anyone had an in place upgrade from Vista x64 fail because of an "incompatible NTFS version"? I imagine this is because I have cloned my hard drive prior to doing an in place upgrade. Does anyone know of a way around this issue? Im thinking that it might be possible to backup my...
    • aidan Hampson
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    • backup clone compatibility conversion error file system hard drive incompatible installation ntfs party reformat restore troubleshooting upgrade upgrade disk windows 7 windows vista
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Windows Upgrade and Installation
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    Windows 7 Could I upgrade from Vista 32-bit to Windows 7 64-bit with the Upgrade disk?

    Hi, I ordered the 50$ Windows 7 upgrade disk. I realize that Windows 7 will need vista or XP already installed for the upgrade version of Windows 7. But if I want to upgrade my Vista 32-bit to Windows 7 64-bit, Will I be able to do it with this upgrade disk? after all I will need a fresh...
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    Windows 7 Clean install Or Upgrade only

    I built my computer when the beta came out. So I did not buy a new copy of xp or vista. It is strictly running off of win7 RC at this time. I have never done an upgrade to any of my computers and never will do an upgrade, as I no most of you guys will never do. I am wondering about the...
    • dido41
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    • clean install formatting installation retail version upgrade upgrade disk windows 7 windows vista windows xp
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    • Forum: Windows News
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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...