Thread: Students = Cheap windows 7

Quote: Originally Posted by Cavallino Has anyone managed to use Windows 7 pro upgrade key from a fresh install? I have, installed and activated on a fresh install no problems.

Quote: Originally Posted by MOOGLEYS When you run the exe it extracts all the files for installation. I just then copied these to a different drive, cancelled the install and then burned the image as above.. Ok I did it, I think... the .iso is 1.18mb though. Is that right? :S

Here are the checksums I got for the x64 Pro ISO which is 3GB: CRC32: 502C42C1 MD5: 7B7AF5FE3A01E9FD76DE4DACB45A796B I personally didn't have any problems with the downloader but others have.

Quote: Originally Posted by MOOGLEYS Mine installed and activated without a previous version of windows. This was from my bootdisc i made. Did the HDD EVER contain an MS OS?

Quote: Originally Posted by Cavallino But... why this way? Surely there has to be another way? I.e. select Upgrade from the beginning? No you would have to choose clean install as upgrade requires a previous OS to be there, i'm not sure why it has done that to you tbh as most people have been able to install to a wiped hard drive. Someone else earlier in the thread had a problem installing to an SSD that had been secure erased and it...

There is some massive over complication in this thread as a result of a handful of people having issues activating initially. The statements that you have to install twice because it didn't work first time, i.e. upgrade your original Windows 7 install is false. Additionally, the upgrade versions ARE full retail confirmed at several places now. Finally, you DO NOT need a previous version of Windows to install at all. Confirmed again at...

Quote: Originally Posted by simpletom Apparantly, you can upgrade form Win7 RC to full using the upgrade. From here . I’d be cautious of trying that unless I’d seen it posted on a Microsoft site instead of just on a third party site that was word of mouth.

Quote: Originally Posted by StarSolitude Hmm, so, I have a Windows XP Upgrade Edition disc, would I be able to use this at all? There won't actually be an OS installed on my new hard-drive, but I Have this XP disc. If you can install XP first then yes but if there is no OS on the drive then no.

Quote: Originally Posted by gasdoctor Thats pretty much what I used a few weeks ago and works fine and others as above. Its not clear what is causing a problem for some people. I figure the downloaded files/iso will only work with the key sent by DR, I suspect you'll get activation problems, let us know how you get on. Yes it's strange I tried 3 other guides and none worked, that one worked like a charm though. In regards to...

the link should download an installer to wherever you choose. Then you run the installer and that will download the .iso Edit, use this link: Quote: Originally Posted by NickM Just had an email from DR, here is a link for the download manager for the W7 x64 Pro ISO: http://msft-dnl.digitalrivercontent....ro64UK-ISO.exe