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Ok im giving in with windows7. rumor has it, if u have a self build rig u need a different type of window7 disk? im really confuse with this upgrade. cuz a friend of mine bought 2 separate window7 disk one for a dell desktop, and the second one is for his opteron175 that he built. second question is product key, u use ur old product key right? i have an OEM product key would that work with the upgrade? and do u reformat it the old fashion?
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You can use any form of Windows 7 be it OEM, Upgrade or Full. OEM is for system builders normally and is tied to one PC. Upgrade is used to upgraded off of Vista but can be used for a clean install with out a previous OS installed. Full is the whole meal deal.

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Upgrade/oem/full version are all the same disk afaik.

One key per disk.

Reformat the same way unless your installing off of a download, in which you would install onto another selected partition.
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Ok im giving in with windows7. rumor has it, if u have a self build rig u need a different type of window7 disk? im really confuse with this upgrade. cuz a friend of mine bought 2 separate window7 disk one for a dell desktop, and the second one is for his opteron175 that he built. second question is product key, u use ur old product key right? i have an OEM product key would that work with the upgrade? and do u reformat it the old fashion?
The upgrade disk shouldve came with a new key code. Im assuming you have an upgrade disk, so doing a clean install shouldnt be a problem. I did it with mine, or you can just upgrade can keep your existing files. I honestly dont this there is much difference between an upgrade disk and retail version besides the licensing.
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The upgrade disk shouldve came with a new key code. Im assuming you have an upgrade disk, so doing a clean install shouldnt be a problem. I did it with mine, or you can just upgrade can keep your existing files. I honestly dont this there is much difference between an upgrade disk and retail version besides the licensing.
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i have sum programs that the driver is for xp only and checked for window7 drivers turns out they dont support it, is there a way around it?
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I guess if you get Win7 Pro and run it under XP mode that would work. You would have to ask someone who has played with the feature though, I dont have 7 yet.

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I guess if you get Win7 Pro and run it under XP mode that would work. You would have to ask someone who has played with the feature though, I dont have 7 yet.
errrr what!!! theres an XP MODE? is this just a theme or everything would run as xp?
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errrr what!!! theres an XP MODE? is this just a theme or everything would run as xp?

Its a virtual mode for Windows 7 that runs in an XP enviroment. There are some hardware requirements though.

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