The option to choose pro is on the next page after having your e-mail address validated IIRC, so i would assume it is on the page after submitting the picture etc.
You can do a clean install with both, but with a bit of trickery, i think! link .
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My little brothers got a couple of problems in getting the windows 7 student offer and being as i fair amount of you guys are students i thought i'd ask you.
He's currently in a sixth form at the moment (first year) and wants to get the student offer. Now he doesn't have a student email address thingy but he's got a student card and when you try and buy Win 7 Home premium on the webiste it ...
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Tonka777 replied 1 month, 2 weeks ago
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handscombmp replied 1 month, 2 weeks ago
Originally Posted by Tonka777 You can do a clean install with both, but with a bit of trickery, i think! link . Thanks.
I thought i read somewhere though that you had the option of also getting it on a disc.
Also whats to stop him using another win 7 install disc and just entering his key code when it asks for it.
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Tonka777 replied 1 month, 2 weeks ago
You have an option to pay an extra £9 and have a back up disc sent to you. I think you can also ask for this to be sent after you have placed the order, so if you need it in a few months you can get it without having to pay again.
I'm not sure about using a different disc, i assume its like previous Microsoft OS's, where you are actually paying for a license for the unique key, not the disc,...
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handscombmp replied 1 month, 2 weeks ago
Originally Posted by Tonka777 I'm not sure about using a different disc, i assume its like previous Microsoft OS's, where you are actually paying for a license for the unique key, not the disc, but wouldn't like to say for sure without someone trying it! That what i would have thought this would be.
Also i know it says you need a current OS but is this an upgrade one or a ...
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Tonka777 replied 1 month, 2 weeks ago
Originally Posted by handscombmp Eg can my bro install it on a new pc a year down the line. I think so, if you go through the trickery above to make an iso to burn to disc. Not 100% sure though, and also not 100% sure of the legalities of doing so. Hope that helps!
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snootyjim replied 1 month, 2 weeks ago
I thought that they had released an iso in response to the mess that was created by the previous installation system for the student offer.
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ajones replied 1 month, 2 weeks ago
Whilst you can perform a clean upgrade using the Win7 upgrade package you get through the student offer, I believe you would be technically breaking the license if you installed it on a machine that didn't already have an Win OS licensed for it; I've recently performed a fresh install of Win7Pro for my son through the student scheme onto a new SSD, and it didn't ask for a previous OS license....
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nightkhaos replied 1 month, 2 weeks ago
Originally Posted by ajones Whilst you can perform a clean upgrade using the Win7 upgrade package you get through the student offer, I believe you would be technically breaking the license if you installed it on a machine that didn't already have an Win OS licensed for it; I've recently performed a fresh install of Win7Pro for my son through the student scheme onto a new SSD, and ...
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nightkhaos replied 1 month, 2 weeks ago
Originally Posted by snootyjim I thought that they had released an iso in response to the mess that was created by the previous installation system for the student offer. Really? Creating an ISO from the data is not hard, further more if you have a large enough USB stick you can create a bootable USB stick from the data. I believe they released it in this form with the intent of...
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handscombmp replied 1 month, 2 weeks ago
Thanks. He seems to be happy with it but he's got just a small problem that niether of us can get from here or the internet without different stories.
When it comes to installing it he's going to have to do a clean install anyway as he's upgrading from Home premium to Pro (he'd do that anyway) but how about does he do this.
Does he boot from the disk (he's getting the extra disk) and ...
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