I’d very strongly recommend a clean install over an upgrade.
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footyfreak
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Yea me to. I've never done anything but a clean install since doing 1 upgrade and finding it ran like junk. It's a perfect opportunity to get your cpu running like new again too and the only way to really tell what a new OS is like.
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Yeah, I was getting a sneaking suspicion that was the case. The only thing I'm dreading is that Asus don't seem to have a W7 driver pack for my model, but I guess W7 will probably have most of them built in. Gotta get my external hdd back.
A clean install every few years is advised just to get rid of the junk and corruptions that gather over time. So an OS upgrade is a good opportunity to do it. Back up user files of course.
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I've accumulated about a years worth of shit in my registry, so i'm just going to put my essential files on an external HDD and do a clean install.
I think that's the way to do it.
I think that's the way to do it.
I'm feeling the LOVE on this thread 
Exactly.
Bought my laptop for honours last year and I used the shit out of it. Especially installing new apps etc. Its amazing how much shit you acquire that slows down your system. Was planning on doing a fresh reinstall all year but held cos I knew W7 was coming.
Definately a lot less taxing on the hardware then vista.
That Uni link asks for proof of enrollment so I can't do it.
My Dell laptop is stuffing up anyway and I'd have to get a new motherboard to fix a charging problem with my battery. The Inspiron range is rubbish.
I'll probably just get a new Toshiba with 7 installed on it. Toshiba is a better brand than Dell. JB Hi-Fi have a few good deals under $1000 for a pretty solid laptop.
In regards to the post above, I'm not sure why you'd bother doing it every 4 weeks. The basic tools like Defrag are enough to keep the computer clean and formatted.
My Dell laptop is stuffing up anyway and I'd have to get a new motherboard to fix a charging problem with my battery. The Inspiron range is rubbish.
I'll probably just get a new Toshiba with 7 installed on it. Toshiba is a better brand than Dell. JB Hi-Fi have a few good deals under $1000 for a pretty solid laptop.
In regards to the post above, I'm not sure why you'd bother doing it every 4 weeks. The basic tools like Defrag are enough to keep the computer clean and formatted.
I might be just paranoid but I always format/clean install every four weeks.
Holy smokes!!!!!!
Dude, that is insane.
...That said, one of the things I really like about 7 is the ease and speed of setup.
I have the install files on an external bootable HDD.
Can have a new OS installed in about 20 min. Then install Firefox, install Add-on Collector which installs all my usual add-ons including Xmarks which installs all my bookmarks and passwords.
I use Gmail and Google Docs. So in a little over half an hour I can go from nothing to my system totally set up and ready to go.
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Holy smokes!!!!!!
Dude, that is insane.
...That said, one of the things I really like about 7 is the ease and speed of setup.
I have the install files on an external bootable HDD.
Can have a new OS installed in about 20 min. Then install Firefox, install Add-on Collector which installs all my usual add-ons including Xmarks which installs all my bookmarks and passwords.
I use Gmail and Google Docs. So in a little over half an hour I can go from nothing to my system totally set up and ready to go.
Weevil I guess that's why I like Windows 7 easy to setup, I boot from a USB key and the install is a breeze. Don;t mind formatting the HDD every four weeks or so.
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How did you do this exactly? I'm guessing it's not as simple as just making the external drive bootable and then dumping all the OS install files onto the same external drive?
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It is very simple.
I think I remember just extracting the ISO (from a download) to the bootable HDD (can't remember if you just have to make it FAt32), then make sure your Motherboard accepts from a Bootable HDD (turn the feature on)
I think I remember just extracting the ISO (from a download) to the bootable HDD (can't remember if you just have to make it FAt32), then make sure your Motherboard accepts from a Bootable HDD (turn the feature on)
Yeah no, that is exactly how easy it is. Just format the partition as Fat 32 and you are away..
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So my drivers don't work with W7 and Asus don't offer W7 support for my model. Should I do a clean install of Vista and then upgrade, or not bother and just stick with Vista?
Drivers for what bp? MB? DVD?
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^^ I have tried that but strangely haven't found much.
All sorts of crap, weird IDE buses, the programme that manages by battery (the fan is really noisy unless it runs on 'quiet office mode', and Windows battery management doesn't give a similar option), even the video card driver update I found wouldn't update the driver even though it was ATI's latest W7 compatible build.
All sorts of crap, weird IDE buses, the programme that manages by battery (the fan is really noisy unless it runs on 'quiet office mode', and Windows battery management doesn't give a similar option), even the video card driver update I found wouldn't update the driver even though it was ATI's latest W7 compatible build.
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I use vista drivers for everything. If you can't find a WIn 7 driver try the Vista driver..
Yeah 99.9% of the time the Vista drivers will be totally cool. I only had 1 very old card that actually needed a 7 driver.
i have one small problem,
installed windows ultimate 7 64 bit and the only thing that has an issue or yellow exclamation mark is the " coprocessor"
any ideas thanks.
apart from that laptop and desktop running perfectly
installed windows ultimate 7 64 bit and the only thing that has an issue or yellow exclamation mark is the " coprocessor"
any ideas thanks.
apart from that laptop and desktop running perfectly
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Maybe I'm doing it wrong but the two vista drivers I experimented with just didn't work. And most importantly is the battery control app that won't run, the fan on this thing is so bloody loud I really need the extra functionality.
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I love everything about 7, apart from one thing. The USB driver for my Bigpond 2Wire Broadband modem cannot be installed. Windows has no updates for it and the 2Wire site is basically useless. I'm hoping that they come up with a solution to this soon, but I'm not holding my breath.
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