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<blockquote data-quote="WhiteLight" data-source="post: 300217" data-attributes="member: 9556"><p>There is definitely an advantage of a clean install.</p><p>if you re-install over an existing installation, the old version will be backed up & the new version will be installed into the Win folder..</p><p>In most instances, this should be OK</p><p>But if there are any errors or viruses in your C drive, it'll probably be left behind & can effect your new installation as well.</p><p></p><p>If you've paid for the version of Windows, you'll probably get a copy if you get in touch with them..</p><p>or maybe not.. am not really sure about that cos they may have given you an installation only for the lowered cost...</p><p></p><p>but i feel Win7 was a far better OS than Win8..</p><p>so here are a couple of things you would need to bear in mind..</p><p></p><p>firstly, ensure that you have multiple partitions on your HDD with maybe 50GB at least only for Windows & your programs.</p><p>All your other content should goto the older partitions.</p><p>This way you can just backup the folders you have something saved.. like desktop, downloads, documents etc & then just format the drive containing Windows so your other data won't get effected.</p><p></p><p>If this is not the case (most new PCs don't come with partitions), then you'll have to manually backup everything you need & then format the drive.</p><p></p><p>During setup, you'll get an option to choose the drives, so if you don't have these partitions, this would be a good time to do so..</p><p>Choose 50-100GB (based on your HDD size) for Win only & the rest as per your liking.</p><p></p><p>Another advantage of this method is that, with Windows, you'll probably have to do this 'cleansing' time & time again..</p><p>so rather than backing up everything everytime & then worrying if something gets formatted that you need & in most situations feeling miserable (os you'd have possibly forgotten something), you can just format your C drive.</p><p></p><p>after this, it's your call if you want to upgrade to 8/8.1 or stay with Win7</p><p>Installing a fresh vopy of Win7 & then immediately upgrading to 8 <em>should not</em> give you any issues, but with microsoft & windows, you never know</p><p></p><p>you can use this to create a bootable Win7 installation CD...</p><p><a href="http://www.microsoftstore.com/store/msusa/html/pbPage.Help_Win7_usbdvd_dwnTool" target="_blank">Microsoft Store</a></p><p>if you have an ISO, you can possibly use this for Win8 even</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="WhiteLight, post: 300217, member: 9556"] There is definitely an advantage of a clean install. if you re-install over an existing installation, the old version will be backed up & the new version will be installed into the Win folder.. In most instances, this should be OK But if there are any errors or viruses in your C drive, it'll probably be left behind & can effect your new installation as well. If you've paid for the version of Windows, you'll probably get a copy if you get in touch with them.. or maybe not.. am not really sure about that cos they may have given you an installation only for the lowered cost... but i feel Win7 was a far better OS than Win8.. so here are a couple of things you would need to bear in mind.. firstly, ensure that you have multiple partitions on your HDD with maybe 50GB at least only for Windows & your programs. All your other content should goto the older partitions. This way you can just backup the folders you have something saved.. like desktop, downloads, documents etc & then just format the drive containing Windows so your other data won't get effected. If this is not the case (most new PCs don't come with partitions), then you'll have to manually backup everything you need & then format the drive. During setup, you'll get an option to choose the drives, so if you don't have these partitions, this would be a good time to do so.. Choose 50-100GB (based on your HDD size) for Win only & the rest as per your liking. Another advantage of this method is that, with Windows, you'll probably have to do this 'cleansing' time & time again.. so rather than backing up everything everytime & then worrying if something gets formatted that you need & in most situations feeling miserable (os you'd have possibly forgotten something), you can just format your C drive. after this, it's your call if you want to upgrade to 8/8.1 or stay with Win7 Installing a fresh vopy of Win7 & then immediately upgrading to 8 [I]should not[/I] give you any issues, but with microsoft & windows, you never know you can use this to create a bootable Win7 installation CD... [url=http://www.microsoftstore.com/store/msusa/html/pbPage.Help_Win7_usbdvd_dwnTool]Microsoft Store[/url] if you have an ISO, you can possibly use this for Win8 even [/QUOTE]
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