Windows 7 Officially Out Now! - Page 2

doddsy · 10-22-09, 10:33 AM

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Originally Posted by XDanger

UPS tried to deliver but I was asleep

my upgrade to 7 is due to ship tomorrow.

on the second day of a national postal strike...

**mailman2** · 10-22-09, 10:54 AM

Oh and to ViN and Nekro. I told you we'd see it in 2009. I win

mojoman0 · 10-22-09, 11:16 AM

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Originally Posted by Ninjaman09

What's surprising is that the "clean install" offered no option to format the hard drive, though fully installed the system has no fragmentation and tons of extra space...I'm really impressed so far, all drivers and software are working fine. Looking forward to learning the new UI features, this is my first time using Windows 7.

So what exactly did a clean install do? Are all of your files gone? How would we install this copy down the road? Are we allowed to download it again or do we have to back it up somewhere?

**nekrosoft13** · 10-22-09, 11:20 AM

been running the final RTM since july 14th

Odral · 10-22-09, 11:23 AM

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Originally Posted by nekrosoft13

been running the final RTM since july 14th

+1. Newegg did ship my pre order of the Windows 7 Home Upgrade yesterday and should be here by Monday! I should have selected next day but oh well next week no biggie.

**Ninjaman09** · 10-22-09, 11:26 AM

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Originally Posted by mojoman0

So what exactly did a clean install do? Are all of your files gone? How would we install this copy down the road? Are we allowed to download it again or do we have to back it up somewhere?

Not sure if the download is available forever, but you can back up the files you downloaded easily. It removes all program, user, and windows related files and moves them to a "windows.old" folder which you can delete at your discretion. As far as I can tell, it basically automatically cleans up your primary system disk. During installation, it will restart a few times and you'll see multiple boot options, but they're removed after completion.

**nekrosoft13** · 10-22-09, 11:27 AM

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Originally Posted by Ninjaman09

Not sure if the download is available forever, but you can back up the files you downloaded easily. It removes all program, user, and windows related files and moves them to a "windows.old" folder which you can delete at your discretion. As far as I can tell, it basically automatically cleans up your primary system disk. During installation, it will restart a few times and you'll see multiple boot options, but they're removed after completion.

did you play any securom games? have fun deleting that folder

**Ninjaman09** · 10-22-09, 11:35 AM

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Originally Posted by nekrosoft13

did you play any securom games? have fun deleting that folder

No kidding. I had to download a program called "DelInvFile" (which is a trial copy and only removes 3 files total) to get rid of the Securom files. It was fairly easy though. Google ftw!

Oh and mojoman to answer your other question about reinstallation - You can install it again but you do need an activated and installed copy of Windows XP or Vista (or possibly Windows 7) to do the installation. I don't know if the Vista Upgrade trick works or not.

I didn't format the partition or anything, and the installation was on the drive before it "cleaned" all of the old software off. You will have all files from your User and Program Files folders on the drive still after installation (though they will be stored in Windows.old). They can be easily removed though and as far as I can tell, the clean install worked perfectly fine.

mojoman0 · 10-22-09, 12:05 PM

hm I would like to just format my hd and do a clean install but I wonder if that would work. I wish this were an iso

**Ninjaman09** · 10-22-09, 12:22 PM

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Originally Posted by mojoman0

hm I would like to just format my hd and do a clean install but I wonder if that would work. I wish this were an iso

Thing is, it's an upgrade version so you can't just install on a formatted drive. Honestly though there's nothing left on the drive from the old windows installation; formatting would really not accomplish anything.

mojoman0 · 10-22-09, 01:20 PM

Just booted up my laptop on RTM expecting a slew of W7 updates but none are to be seen. Considering they didn't release many updates since RTM release I was expecting quite a few more finishing touches to be added between RTM and public release but it seems this isn't the case. Maybe next patch tuesday.

**nekrosoft13** · 10-22-09, 01:50 PM

yap, november 11 probably

you should have had few updates even now

like this for example, quite big important update
http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=140090

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nekrosoft13 I'm Geralt Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Chicagoland, once a year in Poland Posts: 24,364	Re: Windows 7 Officially Out Now! been running the final RTM since july 14th __________________ Windows 8 the next big failure, right after Windows ME

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mojoman0 Registered User Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: California Posts: 3,566	Re: Windows 7 Officially Out Now! hm I would like to just format my hd and do a clean install but I wonder if that would work. I wish this were an iso

10-22-09, 01:20 PM	#23
mojoman0 Registered User Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: California Posts: 3,566	Re: Windows 7 Officially Out Now! Just booted up my laptop on RTM expecting a slew of W7 updates but none are to be seen. Considering they didn't release many updates since RTM release I was expecting quite a few more finishing touches to be added between RTM and public release but it seems this isn't the case. Maybe next patch tuesday.

10-22-09, 01:50 PM	#24
nekrosoft13 I'm Geralt Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Chicagoland, once a year in Poland Posts: 24,364	Re: Windows 7 Officially Out Now! yap, november 11 probably you should have had few updates even now like this for example, quite big important update http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=140090 __________________ Windows 8 the next big failure, right after Windows ME