W7 clean install

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Elrast
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W7 clean install

Post by Elrast » Mon Dec 07, 2009 3:22 pm

Wanted to share this in case someone wanted confirmation in SPCR.

Clean install on a blank HDD is possible from the W7 3-license family pack.

That being said, the 64bit installer did not play nice with my Asus AliveNF7G MB, and just wouldn't format. I had to hook up the HDD to a working computer and format the OS partition there.

Plug it back into the intended MB, and W7 installed w/o any problems.

As far as the product key is concerned, it will NOT work in the install process itself. Uncheck the automatic verification tickbox.

After W7 is installed (w/o the product key), do the regedit change, reboot, then put in the product key. You're done.

E.

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