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Is it possible to remove all partitions when upgrading from Windows XP to Windows 7?

Fresh3 days ago
Mar 15, 20261504 views
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I bought a Windows 7 upgrade version to upgrade a laptop with Windows XP. The upgrade needs to be done with a clean install, and I would like to change the partitions as well. Microsoft explains (in step 3) that if you want to do this, you have to install during boot and go to the partition editor:…

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From reading through this, it does seem like the Windows 7 upgrade edition requires you to have a Windows XP installation on one of your hard drive's partitions in order to install. There may be workarounds to get it to install without XP on the dri…

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