Charles Tomaras wrote:
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> "Muad'Dib" <idaspud52@nospamhotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:4B5A1FCE.5080804@nospamhotmail.com...
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>>> One thing you will need to know when you purchase your copy of
>>> Windows 7 is that the RC is Ultimate and you cannot downgrade to
>>> anything less than Ultimate while doing an in place upgrade install.
>>> If you want to install professional or home you will need to do a
>>> clean install.
>>
>> One can do the upgrade from RC to RTM following a couple easy steps as
>> I did with Win7 Pro RTM, but for those who are technically challenged
>> they just need to reinstall the OS they had and then do the Win7
>> upgrade or install, keeping in mind that XP will NOT upgrade but will
>> clean install only. Backing up everything you want before a clean
>> install or upgrade is important of course.
>>
>> G'day
>
> I guess "upgrade" was a poor choice of words on my part because you need
> a full version of the Ultimate software to "convert" the RC to the
> release version without doing a clean install. You cannot install a full
> version of Professional on top of the RC.
>
> I think MS missed some marketing opportunities by not allowing ANY
> version of Win 7 to begin the install procedure on top of the RC, then
> notify the user that the version they are trying to install is a
> downgrade or an upgrade version while then offering to sell them the
> Ultimate or full version right there on the spot so the installation can
> continue. I encountered this very scenario trying to install the full
> version of Professional on top of the RC Ultimate and when faced with
> the prospects of bailing on the upgrade install and doing a clean
> install, would have gladly reached from my credit card at that instant!
> So now I did a clean install of Win7 Pro and MS missed that opportunity
> to upgrade me to Ultimate.
Agreed, and now...
Oops! I really DIDN'T mean an "in-place" upgrade! I ment that one can
use the RC to do an install of RTM without having to reinstall XP or
Vista. It WILL have to be a clean install.
Here's how I did it with a Win7 Pro RTM upgrade disk:
http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/3075/how-to-upgrade-the-windows-7-rc-to-rtm/
However, it did say that an upgrade couldn't be done, (From Ultimate to
Pro Duh, lol), but it also offered to do a clean install and did it
never-the-less. As my RC was just for testing, I saved a few things I
wanted and did the install. So I was happy, and didn't have to install a
copy of Vista or XP in order to do the install. I had the RC on a
separate HD tipple booting W/ XP and Vista Ultimate, using my BIOS boot
menu to separately boot Win7. (So not all three in a boot menu) I just
disconnected the XP/Vista drive and did the Win7 install.
So in the end, I clean installed as I prefer, and in short order using
an upgrade disk.
G'day