UPGRADE Version: Can You A Do A 'clean' Install
With VISTA, you could not install a fresh copy, you needed to upgrade your existing OS. (unlike XP, 2000, etc.)
Did this change with 7? Can you do a clean install from an upgrade 7 DVD?
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