Upgrade Vista to 7 still active?

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jiopsi · #1 Post by **jiopsi** » Sun Jul 17, 2011 1:07 pm

Is the upgrade program still working, or do I have to buy full 7 x64?

Machine: T61 7659-12G

#2 Post by **ZaZ** » Sun Jul 17, 2011 2:22 pm

You can use the upgrade, but there's no upgrade path from x86 Vista to x64 Windows 7. It'll need to be a clean install.

jiopsi · #3 Post by **jiopsi** » Sun Jul 17, 2011 2:25 pm

FredGarvin wrote:You can use the upgrade, but there's no upgrade path from x86 Vista to x64 Windows 7. It'll need to be a clean install.

How will I get the clean install activated?

#4 Post by **Harryc** » Sun Jul 17, 2011 2:36 pm

The same as you always would...enter the W7 Upgrade key when the installer asks for it.

jiopsi · #5 Post by **jiopsi** » Sun Jul 17, 2011 2:41 pm

Harryc wrote:The same as you always would...enter the W7 Upgrade key when the installer asks for it.

Ok, so I will have to order upgrade key/ disc from Lenovo, are they free? Or could I use Lenovo 7 x64 OEM DVD? I have read that it autoactivates if machine uses SLIC2.1, as it does now with Middleton BIOS?

#6 Post by **Harryc** » Sun Jul 17, 2011 3:04 pm

You didn't mention that you do not have the upgrade CD. Be careful in discussing SLIC2.1 here. IXNAY on the BIOS-AY.

I doubt Lenovo is handing out CD's as part of the upgrade program. I believe it ended long ago.

#7 Post by **jdhurst** » Sun Jul 17, 2011 4:32 pm

I have a T61p and there was not a Lenovo Windows 7 recovery DVD for it. I tried at the time. You need to purchase a new Windows 7 Pro 64-bit retail package and install that. This is a good time to buy a new and larger hard drive and keep the existing one as a spare. I got a 500Gb 7200-rpm drive for my machine.

... JDH

#8 Post by **bill bolton** » Sun Jul 17, 2011 5:56 pm

jiopsi wrote:Is the upgrade program still working, or do I have to buy full 7 x64?

The Lenovo upgrade program for eligable systems finished in early 2010, and in any case a T61 would not have been an eligable system.

The only legal option available to you is buy a retail copy of the Windows 7 x64 version you want to install, and do a clean install from that.

Cheers,

Bill B.

pianowizard · #9 Post by **pianowizard** » Mon Jul 18, 2011 10:54 am

jiopsi, if I were you, I would just keep using Vista for a while and upgrade to Windows 8 later. Contrary to what you may have heard, Vista with SP2 is a great OS and on your T61 it should run nearly as fast as Win7, and Microsoft will continue to support it until at least April 2017. I like Vista more than both XP and 7.

A31 · #10 Post by **A31** » Mon Jul 18, 2011 11:02 am

yeah Vista w/ SP2 is good keep with it for a while and only upgrade when you feel you need to

#11 Post by **jdhurst** » Mon Aug 29, 2011 7:53 pm

Of course you can upgrade (as well noted) just not for free. .... JDH

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