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August 5th, 2009, 11:03 PM
#1
Uninstall upgrade?
Can a Win7 upgrade install over vista premium be uninstalled and return to vista?
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August 5th, 2009, 11:19 PM
#2
It's possible, but it would be much easier and cleaner to just restore your backup of Vista. You are making backups of Vista, right? If you're not, then that's a whole other problem.
http://news.softpedia.com/news/Unins...ws-59129.shtml
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August 6th, 2009, 04:46 AM
#3
When you installed Windows 7 over Vista, did you select 1) "new" installation or 2) the "upgrade" option?- If you installed Windows 7 as a "new" installation over Windows Vista, (or XP, or 7), the Windows 7 installation routine will have created a "Windows.old" folder that contains your previous operating system and personal files. This "Windows.old" folder is in the root of the Windows partition.Warning: Restoring your previous operating system by using the Windows.old folder does not keep any files or settings from the current installation.
- If you selected the "upgrade" option, (instead of "new"), then there is no previous operating system to which you can revert.
In other words:New = saves a backup copy of your old Windows installation in \Windows\Windows.old
Upgrade = overwrites your old Windows installation, (no backup)
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