Best buy advice...

[Orchestra]

So the guy at best buy told me i couldn't upgrade Win 32 bit xp to Windows 7 64 bit unless i got Windows vista first.


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He was very cock sure of his opinion on the matter.

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I was going to purchase another hard drive from which to install this on, and he then told me i wouldn't be able to put win 7 on that drive unless it had win xp then vista then win 7 on it.

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I've since decided to not go back to best buy or bother asking for advice...

The same hard drive is on new egg for half the price.

[Niter1cbs]

Watch Upgrade Windows XP to Windows 7 from CNET TV:
http://cnettv.cnet.com/upgrade-windows- ... 78260.html

[Orchestra]

thanks this is a really great video. I am not using an external hard drive i'm gonna try and clone my current drive and then install 7 on that cloned drive. Otherwise this is a great video and i'll prob reference it when i do the switch.

[=LD=RedBeard]

That should work.

You could also get a full copy of Win 7 and then you wouldn't have the same problem. Though that'll cost you a bit more.

~Red

[Orchestra]

That should work.

You could also get a full copy of Win 7 and then you wouldn't have the same problem. Though that'll cost you a bit more.

~Red

yeah its like 100 dollars more to do that

[BourneUK]

Use an Activator .. i have a full copy of win 7 on a cd i could bloody post you

I had lots of issues with 7 for gaming but now i seem to have worked thru them, i like win 7....

[Orchestra]

Use an Activator .. i have a full copy of win 7 on a cd i could bloody post you

I had lots of issues with 7 for gaming but now i seem to have worked thru them, i like win 7....

is this a version you got from torrent or can you actually mail me a copy? I'll pay ya the postage

[BourneUK]

I used a copy tht i made from my Brother-Im laws CD .. then i used Blaze69's activator to pass WGA and get updates etc. works fine

[Orchestra]

I used a copy tht i made from my Brother-Im laws CD .. then i used Blaze69's activator to pass WGA and get updates etc. works fine

sounds mad sketchy

[BourneUK]

It is dead easy .. the CD is exactly the same as the original and instead of inputting a Reg key you skip tht step and use the activator after install of OS then reboot and its done .. i get all my updates and stuff from microsoft and there is no difference to if you went an bought a CD and Key an did it tht way .. it works 100% fine