tomlinsonj
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New to the forums here so pardon if this has been answered already.
I have a Win 7 64 bit upgrade for my XP machine on the way from my wife's employer (she's an educator and it takes up to a month for the disc to arrive, don't ask me why, lol). While waiting for the Win 7 upgrade to arrive, I'm interested in trying out Win 8. I understand that the HDD will have to be wiped for the Win 8 install (ditto for Win 7). Here's the question - if I install Win 8, play around in it for a few weeks and then go back to install the Win 7 upgrade will it still be able to detect that a valid copy of Windows existed on the machine? I don't want to jeopardize my upgrade path from XP to Win 7 by erasing the proof that I have a valid Windows install buy putting Win 8 on there in the interim.
Thanks!
James
I have a Win 7 64 bit upgrade for my XP machine on the way from my wife's employer (she's an educator and it takes up to a month for the disc to arrive, don't ask me why, lol). While waiting for the Win 7 upgrade to arrive, I'm interested in trying out Win 8. I understand that the HDD will have to be wiped for the Win 8 install (ditto for Win 7). Here's the question - if I install Win 8, play around in it for a few weeks and then go back to install the Win 7 upgrade will it still be able to detect that a valid copy of Windows existed on the machine? I don't want to jeopardize my upgrade path from XP to Win 7 by erasing the proof that I have a valid Windows install buy putting Win 8 on there in the interim.
Thanks!
James
My Computer
System One
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- OS
- Win XP
- System Manufacturer/Model
- Dell Inspiron 530
- CPU
- E8400 Core2Duo 3ghz
- Motherboard
- Foxconn
- Memory
- 4gb DDR2 800 mhz
- Graphics Card(s)
- MSI 6570
- Monitor(s) Displays
- 20" Samsung
- Hard Drives
- 320 GB 7200 rpm
- PSU
- 300W Bestec
- Internet Speed
- 10 mps