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   On Sat, 24 Jul 2010 09:00:58 -0400, Shoe wrote:   
      
   > On Fri, 23 Jul 2010 17:11:07 +0000 (UTC), Stefan Patric   
   >  wrote:   
   >   
   > [snip]   
   >   
   >>I've never had good success with "upgrading" either with Windows or   
   >>Linux or BSD.  Most of the time, the systems ended up broken in some   
   >>way, but fixable in most cases, or just didn't work at all.  Of course,   
   >>I haven't tried "upgrading" in 5 or 6 years.  Things probably have   
   >>improved.   
   >>   
   >>At least, if your upgrade to 7 doesn't work, you do have the option of a   
   >>clean install from the same DVD.   
   >>   
   >>Stef   
   > The "upgrade" actually does format the drive.  However, there must be a   
   > genuine version of XP installed on the drive for it to work.  I bought   
   > it about a year ago when Microsoft was offering a prebuy for $49.   
      
   That's not what I'd call an "upgrade."  The formatting will "clean" your   
   drive wiping out everything.  To me, an "upgrade" preserves your   
   partitions, data, apps, configuration files, etc. and only replaces the   
   OS with the newer version.   
      
   In any case, after your "upgrade" be sure to fully update your system.   
   I'm sure there have been lots of "fixes" to W7 since you got the pre-buy   
   disk.   
      
   Stef   
      
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