Just wanted to know if I can avoid the custom install option (if at all
possible.)

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"Stan Starinski" <China@stealsUSJobsPatentsSoftwareMusicVideo> wrote in
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> you don't need ANY OS prior to using Win7 upgrade.
> I already posted an article w/full insutrctions.
> You may Google for it or other people psoting similar solutions.
> There're 2 soltuions:
>
> 1) Double install - install WIn7 in demomode for 30days, and reinstall
> over itself.
> That's slow and may "pollute" harddisk, some space wasted, but it works.
>
> 2) Another method is more powerful/clean - bu modifying a registry key, it
> takes 1 minute.
> That is what I posted approx. 2 months ago.
> But I am too busy to go search for my own article, you can Google for it.
>
> I repeat htere's NO need for an older OS to be present on harddisk in
> order to run Win7 upgrade, you can do a clean install with an Upgrade
> disk.
> Microsoft left this backdoor perhaps for knowledgeable people not to
> complain about upgrade process being painful.
>
> But for those who refuse to learn - they pay retail. They search for an
> old disk or even buy WIndows7 Full Install disk - those are either rich or
> refuse to learn software.

The double install is not time consuming, nor does it use any more
disk space. The secret is to make the second install a clean install.
That way, the first install will be saved in windows.old, which you
can delete. When I installed 64 bit Win 7 Pro, each install only
took 17 minutes, on an i7 system. Win 7 has the fastest Windows
install.