Upgrades From Windows 7 Basic To Ultimate Using CD?
Feb 12, 2013
pinpoint the EXACT how-to on upgrading a windows 7 basic system to ultimate (both x64bit) without losing any of the softwares and any other data on disk.Overview of issue:I've bought a new lenovo Z580 ideapad series laptop which came pre-installed with windows 7 home basic (x64) which I absolutely loathe as it has no aero themes and I'd like to change my windows to ultimate. My laptop came pre installed with some softwares and features for which I wasn't provided any driver/SW CD so the only way to keep these softwares intact is to upgrade (from what I understand, upgrading windows doesn't wipe off your softwares and program files?)What I've already tried:It seems windows basic can't be directly upgraded to ultimate using windows anytime upgrade. I tried and upgrade failed.I have windows 7 ultimate 64bit installation CD and product key, is there any way to upgrade my system using that and not do a clean windows install?If everything fails, is there any safe to use program or method to get setup files of my existing program files so I can reinstall them after clean windows install?
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Dec 24, 2010
Is it true Home Basic uses like 200mb and Ultimate like 500 mb? I have only 1gb of ram but I don't want to go back to XP.
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Feb 20, 2012
Do windows 7 ultimate boot files take more HD space than basic during initial installation? I ask because I plan to install the boot files on a 64gb SSD then do the usersother stuff on a normal HD to save space. Will ultimate take up more space on the SSD?
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Mar 27, 2011
i have an hp laptop which had windows 7 home basic 32 bit installed from the factory and has a recovery drive (which i suppose all hp laptops have ) and i havent made a copy of it on cd/dvd i saw my friend using windows 7 ultimate it was good so i was thinking i should upgrade it too from home basic to ultimate i tried from the inbuilt upgrader but it says i cant upgrade from this copy of windows so i bought windows 7 ultimate cd now the problem is that i was thinking if i install ultimate will the home basic stay and will the recovery drive stay i really want them to stay so before installing ultimate i wanted to ask will it affect the home basic and the recovery drive?
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Jul 9, 2011
i wish to upgrade from a windows 7 home basic to an ultimate.
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Mar 14, 2012
i have version of window home basic now and want to upgrade to ultimate. is this possible. if yes tell me about how i can upgrade my window.
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Sep 10, 2012
upgrade from windows 7 home basic to ultimate?
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Dec 7, 2012
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Sep 14, 2012
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Oct 12, 2012
I just want to revert my windows 7 ultimate to windows home basic w/o restoring factory settings.
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Nov 13, 2012
Data, Document are C, D, E hardisks lost when upgarde?
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Sep 18, 2012
how to upgrade windows 7 home basic to ultimate using usb flash driver?
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Jan 1, 2013
i need to change my windows 7 home basic to windows ultimate my laptops model is dell insprion N5030
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Apr 26, 2012
i want to change my windows from home basic to ultimate.so what is the pocedure to change?my model is sony vaio,VPCEH15EN/w.
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Sep 13, 2010
how to install 7 Ultimate without losing data or apps? I have 64 bit 7 Home Basic and just got my Ultimate DVD?
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Jan 6, 2012
How to free upgrade the windows 7 home basic to windows 7 ultimate
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Feb 21, 2012
my laptop has a windows 7 home basic license before then my friend told me that he can upgrade my home basic to windows ultimate for free!! wow then i say yes ok that's cool, to cut the story short he upgrade my laptop's os. then 3 weeks after microsoft send me a message that my os is not genuine or couterfeit. damn. is there anyway i can bring back license OS?
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Dec 5, 2011
i have dell ins laptop, its in a pre loaded os w7 hb, but the hardware engineer format the c: and install the w7ultimate pirated verson,but still recovery partiton in laptop. how to re install the original os in current sutivation?
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Apr 25, 2012
I have win 7 home basic in one of my laptop. I wanted to know if all my personal files and programs like ms office will go if I upgrade to win 7 ultimate. I have ultimate's cd with me. I just wanted to know if I will lose all my programs if I upgrade from home basic to ultimate.
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Sep 28, 2012
Since a re-install of Win 7, everytime I boot I get a UAC pop up asking if I want to allow Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor to make changes to my system. Even though I select NO it keeps coming up at each boot. Do I really need to have this program installed and/or how do I stop that from coming up each time?
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Feb 10, 2013
Every time I shutdown I get the same updates occurring. It seems to have got in a loop.
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Oct 16, 2009
Have a bunch of machines waiting for the pre-order upgrade disks coming Oct 22. Several posts have said that the RTM is the same installer that will be shipped as upgrade. Is it possible to do the upgrades from XP and Vista now without waiting for the activation, then input it when it arrives shortly?
I started to try this last night and wasn't prompted for any key after starting RTM disk from desktop, selecting custom and selecting partition to install. Is this because the Upgrade disks have special code required for reading the XP/Vista activation when asking for Windows 7 upgrade key?
Also if upgrade can be installed to a different partition, then it seems there is a way to get a completely clean install running the installer from the XP/Vista desktop on HDD and installing to another HDD? I am trying to figure out how to get the cleanest possible install here without overwriting if poss.
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Dec 12, 2009
I've done a lot of Windows 7 upgrades for people and I've noticed that I've never had to enter any kind of key when upgrading a properly activated copy of Vista, I think even during clean installs...
Does it activate automatically or is it just a matter of it waiting a week before yelling at you about it?
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Mar 4, 2010
when is the optimal time to flash a new bios update. do you do it then reinstall windows? or does windows even need to be installed at all to upgrade a bios?
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Jun 28, 2011
I am considering upgrading my laptop cpu, but I am not sure what CPU upgrades are compatible with my board, and when I try to look I draw a complete blank. [code]
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Mar 27, 2012
Every time I get an automatic update from Microsoft, it changes my home page and I usually go to restore my computor to a previous setting, and my home page comes back to where I had it.How can I stop or block these updates, or receive the updates with changing my home page to the default plain jane google home page?
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Nov 17, 2009
I just got my Windows 7 pro 64bit today and before i installed it i searched on the net if there any problem with the p5QL PRO MotherBoard,(Bios Version) anyway
right now my bios version/date 0902, 28/11/2008.
i never updates a bios before i don't want to blow up my motherboard either lol
i looked on support.asus and i found updates, version 1001 or higher 1004
but i don't want to upgrades it if i don't need too , anyones know if i really need to upgrades it to support win 7
cause i saw many thread here talking about win 7 64bit that don't work well with 9800GT
i dunno if the driver are the cause or the motherboard itself,
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Aug 3, 2010
Can I upgrade from Windows ultimate 32bit ver 6.1 ( build 7600) to windows 7 ultimate 64bit edition and keep all of my installed programs and files ?[meaning not having them moved to a new folder called windows.old]
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Feb 21, 2012
I bought the full retail Win 7 Ultimate and trying to upgrade Windows Vista Ultimate to Win 7 Ultimate, both 32bit. I get to the Expanding Windows files to 21% and nothing. The program is still running and stuck at 21% but after waiting 3 hours I shut power off and Vista was reinstated. Why can't I get past 21% Expanding Windows files? I want to use the upgrade because I have a ton of programs on my Vista and don't want to spend days reinstalling them.
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Dec 29, 2012
how can i change my 32 bit win7 ultimate free dos to 64 bit win7 ultimate?can i do it without charge? where can i get it done?? can i get the iso/disk in downloadable format?
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May 21, 2009
On my system I am using the following: Windows XP Professional SP3, Visual Basic 6 Enterprise Edition, and Crystal Reports XI Developers Edition. I also have quite a bit of other software.In previous reports I remember reading that VB6 will work with Windows 7 if "AERO" is NOT turned on. By the way, I never went to Vista and I DO NOT know the purpose or use of "AERO".Now that Windows 7 has "Windows XP Mode", is that statement still true? I do some development and maintenance of PC applications in VB6 and do not want to give it up.I would like to go with Windows 7. I have heard nothing but good reports. If VB6 or other related products are going to give me a problem, I just can't do it.
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