Comments on: Windows 7 Performance Check: Upgrade Install vs. Clean Install

By: fawad raza

fawad raza — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 15:45:40 +0000

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http://eraofit.com/2011/09/28/a-way-to-make-windows-7-run-lightning-fast/

By: Sandro Villinger

Sandro Villinger — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 13:45:32 +0000

Hi Mel, not a dumb question at all – that wallpaper is one of my all time favorites. Grab it here: http://interfacelift.com/wallpaper/details/1988/tarantula_tree.html.

Best, Sandro

By: Mel

Mel — Sun, 14 Aug 2011 20:45:09 +0000

This a dumb question, but where did you get the orange pagoda wallpaper that’s in the article?

Thanks.

By: Installed Windows 7 without formatting disk? Possible? Drija

Installed Windows 7 without formatting disk? Possible? Drija — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 00:11:26 +0000

[...] am rob When you use the default settings to do a clean install of Windows 7 or Vista, a completed install image is expanded onto the drive, rather than formatting and individually copying all the files. Then after the install image is [...]

By: Sandro Villinger

Sandro Villinger — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 10:44:48 +0000

Hey Mark, that sounds like a good plan, but maybe you should try out a different way without fiddling with virtual drives and multiple partitions: You should install Windows 7 from a USB thumb drive – that’s probably the easiest solution!

Works perfectly with your ISO. Here’s the tool made by Microsoft: http://download.cnet.com/Windows-7-USB-DVD-Download-Tool/3000-18513_4-10972600.html.

If you want to do it manually or if the tool above doesn’t work, try this: http://www.intowindows.com/how-to-install-windows-7vista-from-usb-drive-detailed-100-working-guide/

Hope I could be of help!
Sandro

By: Mark

Mark — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 02:23:45 +0000

i want to install win 7 to my hp pavilion dv2 with pre intalled vista home…i dont have cd dvd drive and i will just use virtual clone drive(dvd rom) ..is it safe to install using that?and insall it in different partition of my disk,,,and later i will format the vista partition…how this will affect the pc performance ?

By: Sandro Villinger

Sandro Villinger — Sun, 12 Dec 2010 04:59:32 +0000

Hey Sam – actually I’d still recommend a clean install since your HP software won’t be gone for long: I’d check the DVD that came with your computer OR go online at http://welcome.hp.com/country/us/en/support.html?pageDisplay=drivers and check for the software.

If you’ve got a “recovery” partition, then maybe your software is on there. Before installing Windows 7 (and wiping your disk), I’d copy this software over on an external hard disk or burn it to DVD.

At any rate….MOST of the preinstaled software is not really necessary. I’d just pick and reinstall only those tools that you actually actively use

Hope I could help,
Best, Sandro

By: Sam

Sam — Sat, 11 Dec 2010 01:55:39 +0000

hi there,
(Don’t know whether it’s good question to ask)BUT
I read almost every thing you have wrote, i got an idea that clean installation would be best”(Which I want as well)”(since i have many programs on my pc)(but i keep my pc clean). However I do have one more question, I currently have HP Pavilion dv4 which came with pr-installed Vista home professorial. it also has some programes like hp system check, hp media smart, hp total care advisor, net zero, some programs i even don’t know what it does, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY it has ‘recovery’ (probably created by hp themself) which is why i am lacking behind from win7.

please kindly tell me what would you suggest me to do, clean install(will be there any problem in future with hp? since hp software will be gone) OR upgrade(will be my pc slugging and slow?)

Cheers,
Sam

By: Sandro Villinger

Sandro Villinger — Fri, 26 Nov 2010 16:39:43 +0000

Dezi, you wouldn’t need to repurchase your software if you’ve got the box+product key at hand. The HP software would be available at HPs Support website for your computer (http://www.hp.com/cposupport/eschome.html, try searching for it).

If all fails, there’s one program I could really recommend (tried it for various articles – worked perfectly) and that’s PCMOver: http://www.laplink.com/pcmover/. It’ll cost a bit, but it automatically moves all your programs, settings and user accounts from Vista to your Windows 7!

Hope I could help, Best Sandro

By: Dezi

Dezi — Thu, 25 Nov 2010 22:14:28 +0000

I have a 1 year old HP vista computer, and I was hoping to do a clean install to upgrade from 32 bit Vista to 64 bit 7 (processor is 64, operating system is 32… Don’t know why but that’s how it is). I don’t have many problems with vista (everything still runs smoothly enough, I don’t see crashes and that sort of thing, mostly because I take decent care of it), but I would like the performance boost of windows 7. Only problem is, I have several programs installed that would be very expensive to repurchase (such as a Adobe CS5) and I’d like not to loose a couple HP programs like lightscribe. The trouble of a clean install doesn’t bother me, I can find the time, but I don’t want to lose or repurchase these programs. Is there any solution, or is an upgrade my only choice?

Also, if I’m stuck with an Upgrade, can I upgrade my 32 bit to 64 bit.