Rengöringen installerar Windows 7 med förbättringsmassmedia och den nyckel- produkten på formaterat eller tömmer tomt hårt drev

Den återförsäljnings- versionen av Windows 7 har huvudsaklig primär typ två av licenser - paketerar mycket eller mycket produkten (FPP) och förbättring, var det tydligast skillnader between mycket och förbättringsversioner var olikt prissätter för mycket och förbättringslicensen, och kunder måste att äga en existerande Windows licens för att vara valbara för förbättringslicens.

Officiellt låter den Windows 7 förbättringsversionen endast en användare ”förbättra” från en föregående version av Windows fungerande systemet, via ”den in-place förbättringen”, eller beställnings- installera, som byter ut gammala Windows. Om även förbättringsbana från några versioner av äldre Windows kan inte utföra ”in-place förbättring” och kräver användaren att utföra en beställnings- rengöring installerar, men det endast hjälpmedel, att användaren måste att starta den Windows 7 installationen inifrån en existerande Windows, och väljer ”beställnings- installerar” under jaga av Windows 7 ställer in.

Den Windows 7 förbättringslicensen önskar att se installerat och aktiverat för att kopiera av Windows XP eller den Windows utsikten, för installation är tillåten. Som Windows 7 ställer in inte frågar för en existerande CD- eller DVD-diskett av Windows, således om användaren formaterar mycket och, wipen XP eller utsiktinstallation, så att drevet är tomt och tomt, innan det använder förbättringsdisketten, ställer in ej längre kompetent att se någon existerande installation och att ska det nyckel-” felmeddelandet för den återgång ”ogiltiga produkten.

Spets: Användaren är tillåten att skapa eller ta bort den hårddiskdrev eller delningen under ställa in till och med beställnings- (avancerat) - > avancerat) alternativ för drevalternativ ((notera: delning för system för MB 100 en reserverad kan skapas av Windows 7 ställer in), eller låt Windows 7 installera trollkarlreserv som den existerande Windows sparar till Windows.old-arkivet, och därefter tar bort och torkar rengöring den hela delningsvolymen före installerar Windows 7.

Många folk tror att Windows 7 diskettmassmedia för FPP (full version) eller ISO är olikt från ISO avbildar, eller diskettmassmedia av Windows 7 förbättrar version. I faktum kan den Windows 7 förbättringsdisken och den Windows 7 FPP disketten vara liknande, om inte fullständigt samma. Only product key represents the actual version of license bought, and Windows 7 will validate against the product key, as shown by Microsoft Product Key Checker.

Not everybody has a PC readily installed with a Windows for upgrade. And more people does not have time to install an operating system especially the time-consuming Windows Vista just to install Windows 7 Upgrade version. Good news is that Windows 7 upgrade media or ISO image and product keys can be used to perform clean install or custom install on a blank and emtpy PC without any prior OS installed. With the following clean install hacks or custom install tricks, which not only save the headache of users who need to install on a new or clean computer system, but also mean everybody just need to purchase an Windows 7 upgrade license, which costs up to $100 cheaper over a Windows 7 full edition price.

How to Clean Install Windows 7 with a Upgrade DVD Disc or ISO Image

Note: User who has downloaded Windows 7 boxed ESD installation files should follow these steps to create a bootable Windows 7 ISO image from unpacked Windows 7 installation files and burn to DVD prior to follow guide below.

1. Boot up the PC with the Windows 7 Upgrade DVD disc media into DVD-ROM drive.

   Note: May need to change boot sequence or boot order of device in BIOS, and/or press any key to boot from CD/DVD drive.

2. Follow the Windows 7 Install Wizard to install the operating system on the blank, empty and clean system.
3. During installation, when prompted for a product key, DO NOT enter the upgrade version product key.

   Tip: This step is to prevent “Invalid Product Key” error. User can try to input the serial number to check if setup accepts the key. If it’s accepted, all the rest of steps can be skipped.

4. Unselect and untick the Automatically activate Windows when I’m online check box during the installation process.
5. After Windows 7 is installed, boot up to desktop, and manually enter the Windows 7 upgrade product key to activate online or activate via phone.

Steps above, which is practically how to perform clean install with a Windows 7 full version media and product key, should work for some, if not most, users. On system that the system still does not accept an upgrade version product key, or face activation failure error code of 0xC004F061, try one or more of the following workarounds to get Windows 7 activated:

Workaround 1: Use SLMgr Commands to Insert Product Key and Activate

1. Open an elevated command prompt as administrator.
2. Use the following command to install product key:

   slmgr -ipk <upgrade product key>

   

3. Activate Windows 7 with the following command:

   slmgr -ato

   

Steps above have also been used to clean install Windows Vista Upgrade version. To check activation status from command line, use slmgr -dlv or slmgr -dli.

Workaround 2: Clean Install Windows 7 Upgrade with Double Installs

1. After starting up the just installed Windows 7 system, allow system to boot to desktop.
2. Insert the same Windows 7 DVD media into CD/DVD optical drive tray to start Install Windows wizard again. Alternatively, mount the Windows 7 ISO image to a virtual CD/DVD-ROM drive, or directly run setup.exe from the unpacked Windows 7 installation files.
3. Reinstall Windows 7 once again (both Upgrade or Custom Install should be OK), enter product key during installation so that Windows 7 can be automatically activated when user first online after installation is done.

Steps above is originally used as a workaround to clean install Windows Vista with upgrade media, and is less commonly used as it’s time-consuming.

Workaround 3: Clean Install and Activate Windows 7 with MediaBootInstall Registry Hack

1. After booting up, ensure that no Windows Updates pending task which requires a system reboot to finish installing.

   Tip: Normally, an orange-colored shield icon will be displayed next to Shutdown button in the Start Menu Power Button or at notification tray area if a restart is required.

   If reboot is required, restart the computer to allow any pending updates is installed.

2. Run Registry Editor (RegEdit).
3. Navigate to the following registry key:

   HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Setup\OOBE

4. In the right pane, change the value data for MediaBootInstall from 1 to 0.

   

   Alternatively, just download and execute MediaBootInstall.reg to merge the value into registry.

5. Open an elevated command prompt as administrator.
6. Run the command below to reset Windows 7 activation status:

   slmgr -rearm

   

7. Reboot the computer.
8. Run the Activate Windows utility (accessible from bottom section of Control Panel -> System and Security -> System, or type Activate Windows into Start Search), type in the upgrade product key and activate Windows.

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