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Old 11-06-2009, 12:58 PM
chunkylover53 chunkylover53 is offline
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Exactly! That's why when XYZ said they did a clean install of XP BEFORE upgrading to W7, I figured, why not just do the clean install?
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Old 12-11-2009, 03:37 PM
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OK I'm ready to install an OS on a new build. I have a copy of XP and an upgrade copy of Windows 7; Can I bypass loading XP first and just load Windows 7. I read the link RickyTick pointed to and it looks like I can just do it by editing:

regedit.exe with Start Menu Search and navigate to:

HKLM/Software/Microsoft
/Windows/CurrentVersion/Setup/OOBE/

Change MediaBootInstall from "1" to "0"....etc

What I 'm confused about is whether there are any negative consequences. The discussion gave me the impression that there were, but I not sure I understood them.

Is this the easiest way or should I just install XP and then upgrade to Win7 as designed???
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Old 12-12-2009, 07:45 AM
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The only negative consequences I've heard of are when you "upgrade" and exiting OS vs. a clean install.

The upgrade version of 7 can do a clean install, and I'm pretty sure you can do it without loading XP first.
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Old 12-12-2009, 02:59 PM
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I'm going to be in this situation soon (within the next 2 weeks).

Randall1800, can you let us know how this worked and if there are any gotchas or negative consequences?
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Old 12-16-2009, 06:22 PM
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Convertible Guy,

Still trying to decide how I am going to do this. Not sure I have a good enough understanding if anything goes wrong.

I am currently stuck at the DAta Lifeguard check of my SATA drives. For some reason, the program on the cd won't load (I don't have a floppy drive).

Anybody know how crucial it is to check the drives before loading the OS?
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Old 12-17-2009, 02:52 AM
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Not really - just do a full format when installing the OS, and it should be fine.
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