Hi Guys
i was a late adopter of vista 64bit home premium having bought it for a new machine i built a couple of months back. I got the free upgrade to Win7 with that version of vista of which i recieved in the post the other day. the version says for windows 7 upgrade option program.
Now i was under the impression that with the win7 media i got through the post that i could do a full clean install on my system and not have to upgrade vista. i have never done an upgrade and dont intend to start now. i like clean installs and i have never had a problem.
So the question is... can i do a clean install or do i only have the option of upgrading vista? i have the original vista dvd as that is a legal copy, why cant it just check the key on that one?
i have read so much about it now im confused!
Thanks
Steve
i was a late adopter of vista 64bit home premium having bought it for a new machine i built a couple of months back. I got the free upgrade to Win7 with that version of vista of which i recieved in the post the other day. the version says for windows 7 upgrade option program.
Now i was under the impression that with the win7 media i got through the post that i could do a full clean install on my system and not have to upgrade vista. i have never done an upgrade and dont intend to start now. i like clean installs and i have never had a problem.
So the question is... can i do a clean install or do i only have the option of upgrading vista? i have the original vista dvd as that is a legal copy, why cant it just check the key on that one?
i have read so much about it now im confused!
Thanks
Steve