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ReImage: online Windows repair!
Curt:
Paragon programs are mostly junk...rebranded junk they have bought from other companies and put their new skin on. -Innuendo (February 24, 2012, 12:50 PM)
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Now you're telling me! I don't remember any one saying bad things about Paragon until now. This was why I first purchased some of their programs. Frankly, I have an awfull lot of their programs, I just didn't use them. Today I must of course agree with you on their lack of quality, but otherwise I am (negatively) surprised. Rebranded?! If only I had known before, I could probably have saved myself many many $$.
Thank you, Innuendo :up:
Innuendo:
Sadly there are not a single person that I know of in my circles that have a retail Vista SP2 disc; Vista, yes, but always from Dell or something, and never SP2. I will have to look around some more, before trying to restore.-Curt (February 25, 2012, 03:43 AM)
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For what you'd be using it for (a quick login to recover some files) any Vista disc would work. You'd just have some OEM branding throughout the OS and maybe some trialware installed & you could install the lastest SP right away or just get down to business recovering your important files & getting the heck out.
When that new, shiny OEM Windows 7 disc shows up just remember you aren't alone. We'll all be here to help you along the way. Personally, though, I'd use that new Windows 7 disc to do an upgrade install over your Vista OS (not activating Windows 7), copy off all your important files to a safe place, and then format the hard drive & do a clean Windows 7 install followed by *then* activating it.
Don't be surprised if your computer seems faster/snappier after you're done. Windows 7 is a lot nicer with resources than Vista ever was.
Curt:
-thanks, Innuendo. But wouldn't it do, just to wait for the new disc, and first upgrade to W7 32-bits (and MAYBE register if need be)? An upgrade should work like a repair, so all the files should still be there (I assume)? And THEN upgrade to W7 64-bits? I really would expect the key to be accepted also the second time (if need be), since it is both the same machine and the same OS disc.
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edit:
My post number 5.000 was thus wasted on an indifferent matter, since the disc that I have ordered is 64-bits only.
Stoic Joker:
Um... You can't 'upgrade' to a 64-bit OS from a 32-bit OS ... Once you pick a bit-ness, you're stuck with it.
Curt:
-"upgrade" may of course be the wrong word.
I meant something in the area of "overwrite / delete the 32-bits, by installing a 64-bits instead".
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