I have a machine with XP that I plan to upgrade to Windows 7 Home
Premium. I purchased the upgrade last year, but have not yet
installed it. My question is this - I will install a new hard drive
when I do this conversion. The Windows 7 upgrade requires a legal
version of XP be installed. My question is if I have to install XP
first on the new drive or is there a way around this?

 

Shoe said the following on 7/21/2010 88 AM:
> I have a machine with XP that I plan to upgrade to Windows 7 Home
> Premium. I purchased the upgrade last year, but have not yet
> installed it. My question is this - I will install a new hard drive
> when I do this conversion. The Windows 7 upgrade requires a legal
> version of XP be installed. My question is if I have to install XP
> first on the new drive or is there a way around this?

Just run the Win 7 install twice and you'll be good to go.


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Roy Smith
Windows 7 Professional
Postbox 1.1.5
Wednesday, July 21, 2010 8:41:41 AM

 

On 7/21/2010 38 PM, Shoe wrote:
> I have a machine with XP that I plan to upgrade to Windows 7 Home
> Premium. I purchased the upgrade last year, but have not yet
> installed it. My question is this - I will install a new hard drive
> when I do this conversion. The Windows 7 upgrade requires a legal
> version of XP be installed. My question is if I have to install XP
> first on the new drive or is there a way around this?

Yes, see this for details:

http://www.winsupersite.com/win7/clean_install_upgrade_media.asp

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Alias

 

On 07/21/10 09:45 am, Alias wrote:

>> I have a machine with XP that I plan to upgrade to Windows 7 Home
>> Premium. I purchased the upgrade last year, but have not yet
>> installed it. My question is this - I will install a new hard drive
>> when I do this conversion. The Windows 7 upgrade requires a legal
>> version of XP be installed. My question is if I have to install XP
>> first on the new drive or is there a way around this?

> Yes, see this for details:
>
> http://www.winsupersite.com/win7/clean_install_upgrade_media.asp

Method #2 worked for me. No need for the "double install" somebody else
mentioned.

Perce

 

On 07/21/10 098 am, Shoe wrote:

> I have a machine with XP that I plan to upgrade to Windows 7 Home
> Premium. I purchased the upgrade last year, but have not yet
> installed it. My question is this - I will install a new hard drive
> when I do this conversion. The Windows 7 upgrade requires a legal
> version of XP be installed. My question is if I have to install XP
> first on the new drive or is there a way around this?

Can you install the new drive alongside the old one? If so, clone the
present XP installation to the new drive (Macrium Reflect Free would do
this for you -- or maybe a program on the disc accompanying the new
drive), then run the upgrade.

Or install to the new clean drive, and use one of the methods detailed here:

http://www.winsupersite.com/win7/clean_install_upgrade_media.asp

Method #1 didn't work for me, but Method #2 did.

Perce

 

On Wed, 21 Jul 2010 10:055 -0400, "Percival P. Cassidy"
<Nobody@NotMyISP.com> wrote:

>On 07/21/10 098 am, Shoe wrote:
>
>> I have a machine with XP that I plan to upgrade to Windows 7 Home
>> Premium. I purchased the upgrade last year, but have not yet
>> installed it. My question is this - I will install a new hard drive
>> when I do this conversion. The Windows 7 upgrade requires a legal
>> version of XP be installed. My question is if I have to install XP
>> first on the new drive or is there a way around this?
>
>Can you install the new drive alongside the old one? If so, clone the
>present XP installation to the new drive (Macrium Reflect Free would do
>this for you -- or maybe a program on the disc accompanying the new
>drive), then run the upgrade.
>
>Or install to the new clean drive, and use one of the methods detailed here:
>
>http://www.winsupersite.com/win7/clean_install_upgrade_media.asp
>
>Method #1 didn't work for me, but Method #2 did.
>
>Perce
Thanks to all for the quick response, you provided a lot of good
information.

I had not thought about cloning the existing hard drive first - great
suggestion. I want to save the old hard drive until I transfer
everything I need to the new installation. This should be a good way
to do it. I have Acronis, so should be pretty straightforward.
Thanks.