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Windows 7 upgrade question

PiptheFairPiptheFair Frequently not in boats.Registered User regular
edited October 2010 in Moe's Stupid Technology Tavern
Ok, So I have windows 7 installed, but it is an Upgrade version and I foolishly installed it on a fresh drive before installing an older version. Is there any way I can put the older versions key in so I can enter my windows 7 key.

Or am I screwed and do I need to reformat and do the whole damn thing over again.

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  • Bionic MonkeyBionic Monkey Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited October 2010
    Have you already installed all your programs and stuff?

    You can just run the installation again, and the system will see the previous installation and authorize the key. It's smart enough to see the previous installation, but not smart enough to see the previous installation is itself.

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  • PiptheFairPiptheFair Frequently not in boats. Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    Yeah I've already got programs installed an whatnot

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  • Bionic MonkeyBionic Monkey Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited October 2010
    Then there's a registry hack you can do, but I'm not familiar with it. If you google it, it should probably show up.

    Or, you can probably do an in-place upgrade right on top of what you already have installed.

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  • General_WinGeneral_Win Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    I think the reg hack Bionic is talking about is talked about in this article: Here.

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  • mtsmts Dr. Robot King Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    its really not hard to do and is actually what they tell you to do if you call them up to register the key.

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