Better to do a clean install for W7 - or just upgrade Vista?

In so many past Windows operating systems I learned to do a clean install
for best performance; to get rid of the remnants of the old OS that can
stick behind slowing down the shiny new OS.

Is Windows 7 different? i.e. can I do a direct upgrade from Vista and will
this be as "clean" performance-wise, as if I were to wipe out my drive
entirely (other than keeping my apps and registry settings, of course)?

I am looking forward to W7 but I dread having to re-install everything to
extract the max possible performance of a newly released version of Windows.

"scorpionleather" <> wrote in message
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> In so many past Windows operating systems I learned to do a clean install
> for best performance; to get rid of the remnants of the old OS that can
> stick behind slowing down the shiny new OS.
>
> Is Windows 7 different? i.e. can I do a direct upgrade from Vista and
> will this be as "clean" performance-wise, as if I were to wipe out my
> drive entirely (other than keeping my apps and registry settings, of
> course)?
>
> I am looking forward to W7 but I dread having to re-install everything to
> extract the max possible performance of a newly released version of
> Windows.

This is a VISTA newsgroup, please repost to the Windows 7 support forums
Microsoft has created.

For future reference the support newsgroups for the Windows 7 Beta are
offered under the TechNet forums at
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/...egory/w7itpro/

--

Mike Brannigan

....hold your horses Mike, I searched for the Widows 7 newsgroup in the list
of newsgroups on msnews.microsoft.com and nothing is showing up with the
name Seven or number 7. Maybe it is so new that your servers have not
propagated this newsgroup yet. Until the W7 newsgroup appears in your
servers, you'll see a lot of people asking W7 questions in the Vista group.

What I do is to purchase a separate drive and install it that way.
That way you keep your old OS. Just unplug the old drive and connect the new
one and load the OS.

BTW there are forums for windows seven but no groups.





"scorpionleather" <> wrote in message
news:87CBAFEA-BE4E-47F5-AC7D-...
> In so many past Windows operating systems I learned to do a clean install
> for best performance; to get rid of the remnants of the old OS that can
> stick behind slowing down the shiny new OS.
>
> Is Windows 7 different? i.e. can I do a direct upgrade from Vista and
> will this be as "clean" performance-wise, as if I were to wipe out my
> drive entirely (other than keeping my apps and registry settings, of
> course)?
>
> I am looking forward to W7 but I dread having to re-install everything to
> extract the max possible performance of a newly released version of
> Windows.

scorpionleather;953156 Wrote:
> In so many past Windows operating systems I learned to do a clea
> instal
> for best performance; to get rid of the remnants of the old OS that ca
> stick behind slowing down the shiny new OS
>
> Is Windows 7 different? i.e. can I do a direct upgrade from Vista an
> wil
> this be as "clean" performance-wise, as if I were to wipe out my driv
> entirely (other than keeping my apps and registry settings, of course)
>
> I am looking forward to W7 but I dread having to re-install everythin
> t
> extract the max possible performance of a newly released version o
> Windows

You can ask here:'Windows 7 Forums' (http://www.sevenforums.com/

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"scorpionleather" <> wrote in message
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> ...hold your horses Mike, I searched for the Widows 7 newsgroup in the
> list of newsgroups on msnews.microsoft.com and nothing is showing up with
> the name Seven or number 7. Maybe it is so new that your servers have not
> propagated this newsgroup yet. Until the W7 newsgroup appears in your
> servers, you'll see a lot of people asking W7 questions in the Vista
> group.

It is NOT a newsgroup - it is a web based forum hosted by TechNet team as
part of the communities. Hence the link I provided was a web access page not
a nttp newsgroup.
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/...egory/w7itpro/
That is the correct place for all Windows 7 questions and discussion, not
here, whcih is a Windows Vista discussion/peer to peer support newsgroup.
--
Mike Brannigan

Microsoft has not created any Win7 newsgroups, they are sticking to the
technet forums that Mike has listed. Why? I don't know, but that's where
they want Win7 users going for assistance at this time.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com

"scorpionleather" <> wrote in message
news:38C9D208-3080-4C66-A22E-...
> ...hold your horses Mike, I searched for the Widows 7 newsgroup in the
> list of newsgroups on msnews.microsoft.com and nothing is showing up with
> the name Seven or number 7. Maybe it is so new that your servers have not
> propagated this newsgroup yet. Until the W7 newsgroup appears in your
> servers, you'll see a lot of people asking W7 questions in the Vista
> group.

On Thu, 29 Jan 2009 00:27:15 -0800, scorpionleather wrote:

> In so many past Windows operating systems I learned to do a clean
> install for best performance; to get rid of the remnants of the old OS
> that can stick behind slowing down the shiny new OS.
>
> Is Windows 7 different? i.e. can I do a direct upgrade from Vista and
> will this be as "clean" performance-wise, as if I were to wipe out my
> drive entirely (other than keeping my apps and registry settings, of
> course)?
>
> I am looking forward to W7 but I dread having to re-install everything
> to extract the max possible performance of a newly released version of
> Windows.

In your shoes, I would wait until it is released and folks start
reporting their experiences. Now, it would simply be conjecture.

On Thu, 29 Jan 2009 11:03:13 -0000, "Mike Brannigan"
<Mike.Brannigan@localhost> wrote:

>It is NOT a newsgroup - it is a web based forum hosted by TechNet team as
>part of the communities. Hence the link I provided was a web access page not
>a nttp newsgroup.
>http://social.technet.microsoft.com/...egory/w7itpro/
>That is the correct place for all Windows 7 questions and discussion, not
>here, whcih is a Windows Vista discussion/peer to peer support newsgroup.

His question included Vista.

On Thu, 29 Jan 2009 04:32:42 -0500, "BigJim" <>
wrote:

>What I do is to purchase a separate drive and install it that way.
>That way you keep your old OS. Just unplug the old drive and connect the new
>one and load the OS.
>
>BTW there are forums for windows seven but no groups.

Agreed - either new drive or clean install. Otherwise when it sucks
you will not be able to make a clear determination why. Of course,
right now the answer will be "it sucks because it's beta ware", so do
another clean install later on the formal release to confirm it still
sucks.