![]() ![]() If you do, install them, reboot, and then start this procedure. First, make sure you don't have any pending updates that require a restart. The second requires a bit more work, but is far faster, because you don't have to sit through a second install. This is the Microsoft approved way of doing this with an upgrade disk. ![]() After the second install, delete the Windows.OLD folder (since it's pointless), and activate using your upgrade key. The first method is fairly self-explanatory. At this point, you can either: a) start an upgrade install of Windows 7 on top of the new install, or b) modify the registry and reset the license manager to let you activate the current install. When it is done installing, you will have a clean, full install that you can't activate with an upgrade key. ![]() This first install will not have a product key until later. Further, uncheck the box to allow for automatic activation. At a certain point in the stall, you are asked for a product key. The installer will configure your partitions for you. (there should be no partitions at all) Then, clean install Windows 7 to the disk. When you are done, you should have nothing but unallocated space. I use a Linux system rescue disk, but you can accomplish the same thing by running a custom install and deleting all of the partitions. Assuming your hard disk has already been formatted, I would recommended erasing it again.
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