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BartTech
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Im currently dusting out an old win XP workstation...

But i want to upgrade it to windows vista and then to windows 7

Is there a way to upgrade to windows vista without an install disk? (because i dont have a disk and its hard to get in my area.)

 

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Is that also possible without CD? (like a non-activated windows 7)

Because i dont actually want to spend money on it

and its not possible to go from xp to win 7 at once right?

 

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22 minutes ago, BartTech said:

But i want to upgrade it to windows vista and then to windows 7

Just install Windows 7 straight off? You can download an .ISO from Microsoft themselves and install it without paying for a license... you'll get a watermark telling you to enter a license and your wallpaper will always be static black but that's about it.

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5 minutes ago, Princess Cadence said:

Just install Windows 7 straight off? You can download an .ISO from Microsoft themselves and install it without paying for a license... you'll get a watermark telling you to enter a license and your wallpaper will always be static black but that's about it.

and it'll restart itself every 2 hours

minor detail

 

imagine being writing a doc and the shit restarts and you lose everything lmfao

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and it'll restart itself every 2 hours

Never seen this happen before, do you have a source?

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CPU: Intel Core i7 10700K @5ghz |~| Cooling: bq! Dark Rock Pro 4 |~| MOBO: Gigabyte Z490UD ATX|~| RAM: 16gb DDR4 3333mhzCL16 G.Skill Trident Z |~| GPU: RX 6900XT Sapphire Nitro+ |~| PSU: Corsair TX650M 80Plus Gold |~| Boot:  SSD WD Green M.2 2280 240GB |~| Storage: 1x3TB HDD 7200rpm Seagate Barracuda + SanDisk Ultra 3D 1TB |~| Case: Fractal Design Meshify C Mini |~| Display: Toshiba UL7A 4K/60hz |~| OS: Windows 10 Pro.

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CPU: AMD R9 7950XT  |~| Cooling: bq! Dark Rock 4 Pro |~| MOBO: Gigabyte Aorus Master |~| RAM: 32G Kingston HyperX |~| GPU: AMD Radeon RX 7900XTX (Reference) |~| PSU: Corsair HX1000 80+ Platinum |~| Windows Boot Drive: 2x 512GB (1TB total) Plextor SATA SSD (RAID0 volume) |~| Linux Boot Drive: 500GB Kingston A2000 |~| Storage: 4TB WD Black HDD |~| Case: Cooler Master Silencio S600 |~| Display 1 (leftmost): Eizo (unknown model) 1920x1080 IPS @ 60Hz|~| Display 2 (center): BenQ ZOWIE XL2540 1920x1080 TN @ 240Hz |~| Display 3 (rightmost): Wacom Cintiq Pro 24 3840x2160 IPS @ 60Hz 10-bit |~| OS: Windows 10 Pro (games / art) + Linux (distro: NixOS; programming and daily driver)
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2 minutes ago, Princess Cadence said:

Never seen this happen before, do you have a source?

my Windows 7 did it because I didn't had a key, it used to warn before restarting though

 

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Just now, aezakmi said:

home ed

Maybe because Home Edition? I remember not having similar issue with 7 Ultimate.

 

Well good thing to look after at least on the first 2 hours if it happens or not [:

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Luna, the temporary Desktop:

CPU: AMD R9 7950XT  |~| Cooling: bq! Dark Rock 4 Pro |~| MOBO: Gigabyte Aorus Master |~| RAM: 32G Kingston HyperX |~| GPU: AMD Radeon RX 7900XTX (Reference) |~| PSU: Corsair HX1000 80+ Platinum |~| Windows Boot Drive: 2x 512GB (1TB total) Plextor SATA SSD (RAID0 volume) |~| Linux Boot Drive: 500GB Kingston A2000 |~| Storage: 4TB WD Black HDD |~| Case: Cooler Master Silencio S600 |~| Display 1 (leftmost): Eizo (unknown model) 1920x1080 IPS @ 60Hz|~| Display 2 (center): BenQ ZOWIE XL2540 1920x1080 TN @ 240Hz |~| Display 3 (rightmost): Wacom Cintiq Pro 24 3840x2160 IPS @ 60Hz 10-bit |~| OS: Windows 10 Pro (games / art) + Linux (distro: NixOS; programming and daily driver)
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11 minutes ago, Princess Cadence said:

Maybe because Home Edition? I remember not having similar issue with 7 Ultimate.

 

Well good thing to look after at least on the first 2 hours if it happens or not [:

 

Apparently it only happened on the "RC" version which is probably the one I was running back then

 

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On all the youtube vids i see about upgrading to windows 7 i see that you first have to get win vista

But now you can just download it straight to win 7?

 

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On 2/8/2019 at 8:06 PM, BartTech said:

On all the youtube vids i see about upgrading to windows 7 i see that you first have to get win vista

But now you can just download it straight to win 7?

You always can go to newest version directly. But you will need new key regardless. Only Win7/8/8.1 have keys than can be used on newer version (Win10). Rest the upgrade means you could get new version bit cheaper and install it on top of current OS. This route isn't possible as Win Vista is completely discontinued and Win7 official sales ended few years ago. Meaning that your only option to get working Win Vista (not recommended) or Win7 is to buy OEM disc with key from grey-ish markets. Which comes with install DVD and key (or you could ask just for key as you can do install DVD/USB yourself).

 

The OS will have 30-day trial after which it will lock up worse than what current trials on Windows do.

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Can i also Just buy a new SSD, remove the hard drive with win XP andere Just install win 10 on the SSD?

46 minutes ago, LoGiCalDrm said:

You always can go to newest version directly. But you will need new key regardless. Only Win7/8/8.1 have keys than can be used on newer version (Win10). Rest the upgrade means you could get new version bit cheaper and install it on top of current OS. This route isn't possible as Win Vista is completely discontinued and Win7 official sales ended few years ago. Meaning that your only option to get working Win Vista (not recommended) or Win7 is to buy OEM disc with key from grey-ish markets. Which comes with install DVD and key (or you could ask just for key as you can do install DVD/USB yourself).

 

The OS will have 30-day trial after which it will lock up worse than what current trials on Windows do.

What if i just buy a new SSD, remove the old hard drive with Windows XP, and put win 10 on the new SSD. That's also possible right? And it will make the pc much faster

 

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8 minutes ago, BartTech said:

Can i also Just buy a new SSD, remove the hard drive with win XP andere Just install win 10 on the SSD?

What if i just buy a new SSD, remove the old hard drive with Windows XP, and put win 10 on the new SSD. That's also possible right? And it will make the pc much faster

You will still need key... That part of it doesn't change. You are just spending bit extra for SSD. You can format HDD and install any OS you like. Linux, Windows etc.

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9 minutes ago, LoGiCalDrm said:

You will still need key... That part of it doesn't change. You are just spending bit extra for SSD. You can format HDD and install any OS you like. Linux, Windows etc.

The key is only 15 euro's so that's not really the problem

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