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I'm currently running Vista 32-bit and want to do a clean install to Windows 7 32-bit. Would it be better to perform a custom install with the upgrade disc or format the drive first, and then do it? is there a difference between custom and clean?
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This way, it gives you fresh and clean and your....
IMHO, it's better to do a clean install when switching from an OS version to another.
Where the clean install will erase everything (so you should make a backup first).
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What makes a clean install of an OS better than just upgrading? (In the context of MS Windows) Is it all in our heads?
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Yes, if your data is seperated and have backups of data is available, clean install is always in this context :)
Now the reality with Windows is that a clean install is very often less problematic than so far, I've always had....
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Is a Windows Vista to 7 Upgrade like a clean install? What I mean is, if I do an in-place upgrade, will it act like a clean installation of Windows 7 with all my programs, docs, etc? Or will it still have junk info/data left-over from Vista?
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To 7 Upgrade like a clean install?
no, an in-place upgrade is not like a clean installation as explained in this tutorial:
Clean Install Windows 7 With Upgrade Media and Product Key on Formatted/data left-over....
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One of my team mates was held up for mockery by the team leads for preferring to run maven as:
$ mvn clean $ mvn install
The discussion by the team leaders was about efficiency and speed of work & someone brought up the issue that person X is continuing...
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I often do a very convenient gating command either by hand or with a one-liner, e.g., mvn clean && mvn install if the 'clean....
Running clean & install in two steps is often helpful.
With a technical defense of the question.
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As Windows 7 RTM is / will be out soon for everyone, many people will be thinking of doing a clean OS installation. I'm sure I'm not the only one that's afraid somehow someday I will realise I have forgotten certain data or certain settings, licence keys...
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The BEST way to prepare for a clean OS install is to have a 2nd computer connected to the internet of the box)
And have all the ....
clean install, if I need to refer to something I may have missed in my backup (settings, etc.
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While I know it's a good idea to have a backup regardless, should I expect my user files to still be on the hard drive after a full non-upgrade install?
I'm currently on Tiger, and one of my motivations for upgrade is get rid of an occasional crash , ...
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If not, then consider....
The closest thing is erasing the disk then installing a brand new copy, which.
There is no clean install.
So yes your user files will go away.
When you do a clean install you format the hard drive.
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I am running Vista Home Premium on my laptop. Can I upgrade to my copy of Windows 7 Professional on this machine by doing a clean install? The Windows 7 will be an upgrade version that I will use on my desktop of Windows XP Professional. If no...then ...
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If I remember well, Windows XP can only have a clean install, it cannot.
However, I'm of Windows XP Professional.
Will not allow you to make a clean install, it is meant only to use as an upgrade.
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Hi, I need to be able to call mvn clean install and have maven call hibernate3:hbm2hbmxml to generate the mapping files from a database and after than call hbm2java to get the Java files and then have maven compile those newly created Java files. Has ...
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Maven lifecycle
mvn clean dependency:copy-dependencies package
If this were to be executed, the clean phase will be executed first (meaning it will run all preceeding phases of the clean lifecycle, plus the clean phase itself....
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I have to do a clean install of Win 7 on both of my machines, and would like to backup my applications if possible. I already run nightly backups to two external HDs for my files. I know I could save a system image but that wouldn't help when restoring...
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Worth a try?
Tutorial (which doesn't mention restoring applications.
Driveimage-xml will create an image files" folder to install.
But again, it will usually always take the actual same time to install.
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During the Windows 98 / XP era there were many people affected by all kinds of weirdness after upgrading their OS to the latest version. Missing icons, strange errors etc. This has put a lot of people of upgrading their OS, instead choosing for a clean...
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The reality is this - if you do a clean install, then you can practically guarantee apps to stop working....
While for the most the question.
Having to install everything again, then just go for it and do a clean install.
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