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KelVarnsen · 07-31-2010, 08:27 PM

Hi, I have Windows Vista Ultimate on my laptop, can I upgrade it to Windows 7 Home Premium? Or do I have to get Windows 7 Ultimate?

Thanks in advance.

sclitheroe · 07-31-2010, 08:41 PM

Ultimate to Ultimate, unfortunately. I assume this is a requirement because you might have BitLocker enabled on one or more storage devices in Vista Ultimate, so its imperative for a successful upgrade to 7 that BitLocker support be included, which is isn’t in Home Premium.

If you want to downgrade to Home Premium it will be a fresh install.

KelVarnsen · 07-31-2010, 08:45 PM

I would have to either upgrade to Windows 7 Ultimate or buy a new Windows Premium?

psicodude · 07-31-2010, 08:52 PM

You can buy whatever you want. What he is saying is that you can upgrade to Windows 7 ultimate and not lose any of your programs or data.

If you want to go to Windows 7 Premium, you have to do a fresh install. This means you are reinstalling all of your programs and will have to back up your data or it will be lost.

KelVarnsen · 07-31-2010, 08:58 PM

I was planning on a clean install of Vista before the upgrade anyways, I have most of data backed up on my 2nd hard drive in my PC. My PC is getting a update as well. Guess I will just buy a new version of Windows 7 Premium, it's cheaper anyways.

psicodude · 07-31-2010, 09:00 PM

Yeah, if you are doing a fresh install you can choose any version you like.

KelVarnsen · 07-31-2010, 10:07 PM

All right. Thanks for the advice.

McG · 07-31-2010, 11:46 PM

and don't forget to run the win 7 advisor as well...just in case.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en

Hemi-Cuda · 08-01-2010, 04:30 PM

you're better off doing a fresh install anytime you change an OS anyways. upgrades always leave behind crap you don't need, and their performance will never match the same OS installed fresh on a cleanly formatted hard drive

McG · 08-01-2010, 04:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Hemi-Cuda

you're better off doing a fresh install anytime you change an OS anyways. upgrades always leave behind crap you don't need, and their performance will never match the same OS installed fresh on a cleanly formatted hard drive

+1. and i would have a backup for all of your files in addition to any that get saved as part of the upgrade.

it is always good to have backups but especially so when you are getting rid of the cribblies that Hemi mentions.

FanIn80 · 08-01-2010, 05:02 PM

Windows has improved their upgrade process considerably (what a joke it used to be), but even still, you're always better off going the fresh install route.

KelVarnsen · 08-01-2010, 05:12 PM

A fresh install as in just buy Windows 7, and do a clean install of that and not use a upgrade cd?

FanIn80 · 08-01-2010, 05:44 PM

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Originally Posted by KelVarnsen

A fresh install as in just buy Windows 7, and do a clean install of that and not use a upgrade cd?

You can get an OEM disk from MemEx for the cheaper than a retail upgrade.

64bit: http://www.memoryexpress.com/Product...25758(ME).aspx
32bit: http://www.memoryexpress.com/Product...25757(ME).aspx

KelVarnsen · 08-01-2010, 05:46 PM

When I got my PC it came with Vista and the option to upgrade to 7, is that that same thing?

Vulcan · 08-01-2010, 06:51 PM

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Originally Posted by KelVarnsen

When I got my PC it came with Vista and the option to upgrade to 7, is that that same thing?

In that case I'd contact the manufacturer and see if they'd send you the upgrade kit for Windows 7 Home Premium, instead of Ultimate.

If not and here I'm guessing, you may be able to use the Windows 7 key the manufacturer sends you on a Home Premium copy. You'll just have to borrow someones Home Premium DVD.

I'd guess what the manufacturer will give you would be an OEM copy.

KelVarnsen · 08-01-2010, 11:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Vulcan

In that case I'd contact the manufacturer and see if they'd send you the upgrade kit for Windows 7 Home Premium, instead of Ultimate.

If not and here I'm guessing, you may be able to use the Windows 7 key the manufacturer sends you on a Home Premium copy. You'll just have to borrow someones Home Premium DVD.

I'd guess what the manufacturer will give you would be an OEM copy.

I should have made that more clear, I was referring to my PC about that. I just installed Windows 7 on my laptop. I backed up my files and reformatted. Then installed Windows 7.