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I bought Windows 7 today and am going to do a clean install. I have a Dell and the D drive is "recovery" which I am guessing will be "useless" now since I will be running Windows 7 instead of Vista. Should I take away the D drive now - add the space to the C drive (obviously using Disk Director.) Just trying to think things through here so I make a good decision. Is it best to just leave it? I don't need the space --I am just wondering what would be best here.

Also, I have Acronis 2009 which apparently doesn't work on Windows 7 - I will need the new 2010. I have an "Upgrade" email from them saying for $29 I can upgrade from 2009 to 2010. Does this mean I will have to install 2009 on Windows 7 and then "upgrade" it? But how does that work if 2009 doesn't work on Windows 7? Just wondering how I will go about the Acronis upgrade.

Any advice would be great here. Especially if you think I am "missing" something. I have done a reinstall of the same operating system on a computer -- I have never tried to do a clean install of a new operating system.

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Sandy

dim 22/11/2009 - 04:01
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If you won't need the Dell Recovery partition or already have a backup image of it, then there's really no reason to keep it. I assume you already have backup images of your current OS.

To avoid problems installing Windows 7, make sure to let the Windows 7 installer reformat the partition (it's in the Advanced options on the partition selection page of the wizard). DD doesn't format exactly right for Windows.

If you upgrade to TI 2010, you would just need to enter both the serial number for TI 2010 and the one for 2009 when you install it. TI 2009 wouldn't need to be installed.

You can also try TI 2009 and see if it works for you. There was a new build just released.

dim 22/11/2009 - 06:23
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Yes I have backup images of my current OS so I don't need the D: drive recovery (really... I guess I never did.)

Are you saying I can partition the C drive to include (and wipe out) the D drive using Advanced Options on the Windows 7 DVD before I install Windows 7?

Once again, thanks for the help here!

Sandy

dim 22/11/2009 - 19:14
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You can create the partition using DD or the Windows 7 installer. Just make sure that if you use DD, you reformat the partition using the Windows 7 installer. If you use the installer to setup the partition, you may need to delete the existing partitions and then create a new one using the entire drive.

dim 22/11/2009 - 19:39
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Okay, thanks.

I think I will have a better understanding once I insert the Windows 7 DVD and "see" what the choices are etc.

Keeping my fingers crossed...

Sandy

dim 22/11/2009 - 20:47
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Totally pain. All I wanted to do was make the D drive part of the C drive. Took an hour using DD but it's done. For some reason "merge" wouldn't work for me. I had to like format the D drive to empty if of data then resize the C drive to include that space - then delete the D entirely and put the remaining unallocated space onto the C. Using the Windows disk was too risky... not a lot of "features" there to really know what is going to happen. So now I can move forward and format the entire C (using the Windows 7 DVD) and install Windows 7.

Sandy

lun 23/11/2009 - 01:42
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I formatted and then did a clean install of Windows 7... but after three days and an ENORMOUS amount of work I started getting a blue screen and crashing. Dell will do nothing, as a matter of fact your warranty is voided by upgrading... they also don't have Windows drivers ready, and don't plan on getting them. So that is something to think about for anybody wanting to upgrade a computer to a new OS that does have a warranty.

But I wanted to mention that TI 2009 got me out of this entire mess in 20 minutes. My system was back up and running Vista, just like before, like this DISASTROUS problem had never occurred in a little over 20 minutes. A testimony as to why we use Acronis. They have saved the day for me more than once and this incident ws no exception. Way to go Acronis!

Sandy Smith

mer 25/11/2009 - 20:57