Whats the difference between Windows 7 full and Windows 7 Upgrade?
Monday, February 8th, 2010 at
11:19 am
Whats the difference between Windows 7 home premium full and Windows 7 home premium Upgrade?
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Upgrade changes Vista to 7 without deleting your files or programs, but you have to have Vista installed. (If you have XP installed you get the price break but you have to do a full install, you can’t upgrade.) Doing a full install wipes out your programs and saves (most of) your files.
Upgrade requires that an existing operating system already be on the hard drive, whereas the Full can be installed on a new drive which has never had an operating system.
The upgrade is fine is you don’t mind keeping the previous version disks around, because if your computer crashes you’ll need those since you may have to install that OS first, then the Windows 7 Upgrade.
That’s why the Full versions are typically more expensive. No such hassle.
The upgrade discs want to see a prior XP or Vista installation to go in correctly.
The full discs can go to a blank drive.
You can do an in-place upgrade or fresh install with either version.
If you have a prior Windows OS, you should probably go with the upgrade discs.
If you are currently running Windows Vista or XP you can likely upgrade to Windows 7 home premium by upgrade. If your computer is not presently running Windows Vista or XP you would want to purchase the Windows 7 full. I hope this is useful!
If you are upgrading you have the option to do a basic upgrade or a full custom installation, for the step-by-step guide to upgrading from Vista you can go here : http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows7/help/upgrading-from-windows-vista-to-windows-7 (this is includes your upgrade advisor, creating a backup and restoring files after installation).
Cheers,
Tara
Windows Outreach Team