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Reinstalling w7 on a Vista PC with w7 upgrade.

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  • Windows Vista
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October 13, 2014 2:20:33 PM

Hi,

My old PC was Vista when purchased but came with a free upgrade to windows 7 upon its release date.

I now want to format the hard drive and reinstall windows 7. I only have the upgrade software for windows 7 as vista was preinstalled. I have the product keys for both.

Do I need to reinstall vista first or can I just install windows 7 from the upgrade disk?

If I need to install Vista first, where can I legally download a copy and then activate with my product key?

Will it matter that the upgrade software has a tonne of Acer freeware installed.

Cheers

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October 13, 2014 4:04:32 PM

Answered this myself. Contacted Microsoft live chat and they checked my license key. As long as I let Acer know I do not need to reinstall vista.
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