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Gibson486

Gibson486

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Anyone ever do this? My gf works at a university, so she has a university address.

I remember people saying that it was the full version even though it was advertised as upgrade? Is this still the case?
 
I've done it, but my experience was that it was not a full version. I had to put in a previous versions disk or have a previous version installed when I installed it.

Maybe I was doing it wrong?
 
Yes you must have a copy of windows installed, but you can do a full format fresh install once the existing windows partition is detected. There are (were?) ways to fake even that but who doesn't have a copy of any version of windows lying around?
 
It may have been because I had XP installed, but when I installed I just formatted and did a clean install with the upgrade disc and key and it worked fine.

There is also an easy way to use the upgrade key to make a clean install without needing any previous windows installation. So for all practical purposes, its no different than the "full" version key.
 
dank69 said:
Yes you must have a copy of windows installed, but you can do a full format fresh install once the existing windows partition is detected. There are (were?) ways to fake even that but who doesn't have a copy of any version of windows lying around?
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This guy here does not have one....


I used to have a Windows ME disc, but I have no idea where it is now.
 
PieIsAwesome said:
It may have been because I had XP installed, but when I installed I just formatted and did a clean install with the upgrade disc and key and it worked fine.

There is also an easy way to use the upgrade key to make a clean install without needing any previous windows installation. So for all practical purposes, its no different than the "full" version key.
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will google be my friend on this?
 
It will let you do a clean install, but it will say something like it needs a valid key within 30 days or it will stop working. I then reinstalled on top of the install I just did, and apparently it considered that an upgrade because it accepted the key.
 
redz said:
It will let you do a clean install, but it will say something like it needs a valid key within 30 days or it will stop working. I then reinstalled on top of the install I just did, and apparently it considered that an upgrade because it accepted the key.
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lol....that is a pretty big flaw.....
 
I was able to do a clean install win7 64bit with the additional backup cd with no problems

Search for the mega thread on this in hot deals
 
Looks to me like it's only the upgrade...

http://www.microsoft.com/student/en/us/windows/buynow/default.aspx

Says so right on the box.

window-box.jpg
 
Yeah it works for me. I have licenses of XP, tons and of Vista with the boxes and disks sitting here. When installing 7 though I want to do clean installs so doing the methods mentioned and googleable is preferable and I've never had problems. The only problem I had was installing 7 over 7 beta and then having the whole install revert to beta status a few weeks ago and no longer functioning. It was weird.
 
Mine seemed to be a full version. I installed directly onto a brand new hard drive and activated with no problems.

$30
 
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