When you install Windows 7, it gives you two options: Upgrade, or Clean Install.
- An 'Upgrade' is where it tries to upgrade your current OS to Windows 7, but keeps all your current settings and applications and data.
- A 'Clean Install' is where it just wipes your drive, and installs the OS like new. You lose all your installed apps, documents, pictures, settings, preferences, etc.
My first attempt was for an 'upgrade'. That failed. My 2nd attempt was to try the 'Clean' install. That worked. So far, so good. It feels faster than Vista, and less annoying. but the audio doesn't work -- I got no sound.
Note: I'm not running Windows 7 on the laptop fulltime. I just installed it on a spare laptop drive. I have an alternate laptop drive, where I run Windows XP. That's my main system for everyday use.
It feels faster than Vista, and less annoying. but the audio doesn't work -- I got no sound.
ReplyDeleteSo that's the meaning of "success" in the wonderful world of Windows, huh?
it's not a released product, it's a *beta*. It's not expected that everything is going to work. That's what beta means.
ReplyDeleteBeing a beta-tester is like being a test pilot. Don't do it unless you're prepared for the inevitable crash.
I totally just learned something new. Thank you.
ReplyDeleteWindows Vista, also knows as The Return of Microsoft Bob.
ReplyDeleteNothing from Microsoft has been so widely despised since Clippy, the Jar-Jar Binks of the online world.