Upgrading Windows 7 RC to Windows 7 Professional (32 bit) - Succeed

polkatese
polkatese Posts: 6,767
edited October 2009 in The Clubhouse
Glad that I found this link:

http://icrontic.com/articles/upgrade-the-windows-7-rc-to-retail

It's up and running within the hour and so far so good.
I am sorry, I have no opinion on the matter. I am sure you do. So, don't mind me, I just want to talk audio and pie.
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  • vc69
    vc69 Posts: 2,500
    edited October 2009
    polkatese wrote: »
    Glad that I found this link:

    http://icrontic.com/articles/upgrade-the-windows-7-rc-to-retail

    It's up and running within the hour and so far so good.


    Excellent linkage. Thanks much!
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  • polkatese
    polkatese Posts: 6,767
    edited October 2009
    no problemo.

    anyone knows where I can download install package for 64 bit? my set doesn't have the media for 64 bit. I'd like to try it out. TIA.
    I am sorry, I have no opinion on the matter. I am sure you do. So, don't mind me, I just want to talk audio and pie.
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  • mantis
    mantis Posts: 17,200
    edited October 2009
    polkatese wrote: »
    Glad that I found this link:

    http://icrontic.com/articles/upgrade-the-windows-7-rc-to-retail

    It's up and running within the hour and so far so good.

    I find this funny like you are waiting for it to stop working , crash or self destruct. LOL
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  • bigaudiofanatic
    bigaudiofanatic Posts: 4,415
    edited October 2009
    So you have probably noticed that it is still vista only with a huge service pack and some visualizations LOL
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  • audiobliss
    audiobliss Posts: 12,518
    edited October 2009
    bigaudiofanatic wrote: »
    So you have probably noticed that it is still vista only with a huge service pack and some visualizations LOL
    Wow, dude, really? Thanks for the info! I guess I'll steer clear of W7 now!!
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  • SKsolutions
    SKsolutions Posts: 1,820
    edited October 2009
    polkatese wrote: »
    Glad that I found this link:

    http://icrontic.com/articles/upgrade-the-windows-7-rc-to-retail

    It's up and running within the hour and so far so good.

    To be clear, you used the 'upgrade' disk/image, yes?

    From RC, -> upgrade disk same partition -> Win7 Pro
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  • disneyjoe7
    disneyjoe7 Posts: 11,435
    edited October 2009
    Ok so you did a Win7 pro over Win7 RC right?

    What happens if you did a clean update? You know wipe disk and start over, does that work ;)

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  • MacLeod
    MacLeod Posts: 14,358
    edited October 2009
    Dude this is an awesome find! Im running the RC since June and I freaking love it! 10 times better than XP and Vista. I was dreading having to do the clean install and then re-install all my games and everything else. This is great! Plus, the upgrade version is available for $80 shipped on Newegg vs the $110 OEM version.
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  • polkatese
    polkatese Posts: 6,767
    edited October 2009
    SKsolutions wrote: »
    To be clear, you used the 'upgrade' disk/image, yes?

    From RC, -> upgrade disk same partition -> Win7 Pro

    Yes. Exactly!
    Disneyjoe7 wrote:
    Ok so you did a Win7 pro over Win7 RC right?

    What happens if you did a clean update? You know wipe disk and start over, does that work

    It will allows you to do custom install too and start from scratch, but why?
    MacLeod wrote:
    Dude this is an awesome find! Im running the RC since June and I freaking love it! 10 times better than XP and Vista. I was dreading having to do the clean install and then re-install all my games and everything else. This is great! Plus, the upgrade version is available for $80 shipped on Newegg vs the $110 OEM version.

    Yep. It was about an hour process. You owe me one, Mac! ;)
    I am sorry, I have no opinion on the matter. I am sure you do. So, don't mind me, I just want to talk audio and pie.
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  • polkatese
    polkatese Posts: 6,767
    edited October 2009
    mantis wrote: »
    I find this funny like you are waiting for it to stop working , crash or self destruct. LOL

    Oh c'mon Dan. It's actually a very stable Windows, I've been waiting for it since 2001 when XP went into production. Beside, it's a good practice to work on VMWare Fusion 3.0 and Windows 7 next week, when 3.0 is released, on my MBP! Learning new stuff is fun, especially when there is no reason to choose one over the other.
    I am sorry, I have no opinion on the matter. I am sure you do. So, don't mind me, I just want to talk audio and pie.
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  • Roy Munson
    Roy Munson Posts: 886
    edited October 2009
    I'll be trying this later on today. If it fails and hoses my RC installation it really does't matter because I was going to delete the partition it was on anyway before I installed Win 7 HP. So it appears that there really isn't anything to lose.

    Thanks for the tip/hack.
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  • Roy Munson
    Roy Munson Posts: 886
    edited October 2009
    For those that are interested I was able to "upgrade" Win 7 RC to Win 7 Home Premium using the above fix.

    All went smooth and it took 50 minutes to complete.
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  • mantis
    mantis Posts: 17,200
    edited October 2009
    polkatese wrote: »
    Oh c'mon Dan. It's actually a very stable Windows, I've been waiting for it since 2001 when XP went into production. Beside, it's a good practice to work on VMWare Fusion 3.0 and Windows 7 next week, when 3.0 is released, on my MBP! Learning new stuff is fun, especially when there is no reason to choose one over the other.

    Well for windows people I guess this is a blessing. But if you look at Windows track record, they bring out a OS and it's good , then a new one and it sucks then the cycle repeats.

    Example.
    Windows , windows 95 , windows 98 , ME , 2000 professional , XP , Vista , now 7 . Back and forth.

    I wish they would just release stuff that works good and then build on top of it with no problems , but I guess thats asking to much.
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  • bsoko2
    bsoko2 Posts: 1,449
    edited October 2009
    I did un upgrade from Vista Ultimate toi Win7 Ultimate and it went alot better than any upgrade that I have done in the past. I didn't have to reload anything and it worked on the first start. Win7 is a hell of a lot faster then Vista so that was worth it for me. Had Vista RC when it first came out and went back to XP and waited until Vista was released to the public. I was sorry that I had done that but I lived with it and was real glad to see Win& come out. Win7 is what Vista should have been.

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