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 entered the Product Key and got an error message ".. this Product Key is for an Upgrade version only ....", or something like that. Did the re-format of the hard drive and deletion of the existing XP sysytem void the Upgrade? J M Harper
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The thread discusses an issue with activating a Windows 7 Upgrade disk after installing it on a system previously running XP, where the product key is not accepted because the hard drive was reformatted, potentially voiding the upgrade eligibility. Several users share solutions, including a workaround involving modifying the installation files and manually selecting the version during setup, which successfully resolves the activation problem. The overall sentiment is positive, with users thanking each other for helpful tips to bypass the activation obstacle.
The thread discusses an issue with activating a Windows 7 Upgrade disk after installing it on a system previously running XP, where the product key is not accepted because the hard drive was reformatted, potentially voiding the upgrade eligibility. Several users share solutions, including a workaround involving modifying the installation files and manually selecting the version during setup, which successfully resolves the activation problem. The overall sentiment is positive, with users thanking each other for helpful tips to bypass the activation obstacle.
I have found by my own experimenting that you can simply delet ei.cfg from a full version then when you install, tell it the version you have a key for... and it will accept it first time with no work around.
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