Upgrade media questions, clean installing, 32-bit to 64-bit, etc.

I have a Lenovo T500 in which I installed a trial version of Windows 7 about a month ago. My trial is going to end soon, 4 days to be exact. I've got all my files in a flash drive and plan and reinstalling the trial version one more time, since the shipment for my upgrade media was delayed for months. I am going to get it when I get back home, on the 18th.
With that said, will I have problems using the upgrade media disc, considering that I don't have a genuine windows key/license installed on the laptop right now?
Can I clean install rather than upgrade?
Will I be able to install 64-bit rather than 32-bit? The upgrade media sent to me is 32-bit because my original lenovo T500 was ordered with 32-bit vista (for whatever reason, when I ordered, the only upgrade option was going from home basic to home premium, with no 64-bit option). If not, is there anyway for me to use some other type of media that I can use my license key from Lenovo to clean install 64-bit?

The upgrade is NOT for the trial version of win 7, it is for vista.
Re-install vista, or restore to factory condition, and then
upgrade.
I think you MAY be able to contact Lenovo or Microsoft
and get 64 bit disk. If it was not offered, maybe not.

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Windows 7 upgrade: discs will include the option for a 32 to 64-bit upgrade via a clean install?

I would like to know whether the Lenovo Windows 7 upgrade discs will include the option for a 32 to 64-bit upgrade via a clean install? I called Mentor today and was told the answer is no, but I was hoping someone here could tell me differently.
If "no" is truly the answer, I would like to voice my complaint: The upgrade discs from Microsoft (i.e. the retail upgrade discs) include both the 32 and 64-bit versions, so I don't completely understand why Lenovo's upgrade program doesn't offer the same thing. I purchased my T500 in August, and back then Vista Ultimate 64 was not offered, so I chose Vista Ultimate 32 thinking that I could later upgrade to Windows 7 Ultimate 64. This assumption was based off of the info. on Microsoft's website indicating that all upgrades would contain the 32 and 64-bit versions. I even customized my computer with 4 gigs of RAM thinking that I could take advantage of the extra gig once I installed Windows 7 64.
I don't understand what Lenovo or Mentor Media have to gain by restricting a 32 to 64-bit install. I voiced this opinion to Mentor Media over the phone, who responded by saying that I should be happy since I am receiving a "free" upgrade. I don't think this is an accurate assessment for two reasons: (1) I had to pay $17.03 for shipping, and I still haven't received the upgrade and (2) The total cost of my computer was almost $3,000, and the purchase was made a mere few weeks before Windows 7 was released. $3,000 is a lot of money. I waited for the details of the Windows 7 Upgrade Program to be announced BEFORE purchasing my machine. When I finally bought my computer I accounted Windows 7 into the price I was paying. In addition, when I bought this computer I did so expecting good customer service as a given. Not providing a 64-bit upgrade without a rational explanation as to why does not qualify as appropriate customer service.
As most of you know, 4 gigs of RAM is useless with a 32-bit OS. Also, NOW Lenovo is building new T500s with the option of having Windows 7 Ultimate 64 (why wasn't Vista Ultimate 64 offered when I bought my computer???).  And the price for choosing Windows 7 Ultimate 32 is EQUAL to the price for choosing Windows 7 Ultimate 64, which proves that there is no cost difference. I just want to know what Lenovo has to gain by denying customers a 64-bit upgrade? There would really be no additional cost since as I mentioned before, Microsoft's retail upgrade includes the 32 and 64-bit OS on one disc. If anything I would think that it's costing Lenovo money to strip the 64-bit install from the upgrade discs.
Can anyone please address my problems? Do you think there is anyone at Lenovo I could contact to voice my opinions? I have been a loyal Thinkpad customer for over 5 years now, and I expect better from Lenovo. Thank you for reading!
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Daventry wrote:
Is there any way to request a 64-bit OEM? Why should Lenovo care whether I want a 32-bit or 64-bit as long as it's the same edition (Ultimate edition)?
if your system shipped with a 32-bit version of vista then you will be sent 32-bit windows 7 upgrade media.   the reason for this is two-fold.
first, because this is upgrade media, it's impossible to install a 64-bit version of windows over a 32-bit version.   doing so would require a clean installation and upgrade media simply won't allow this.   this is the case with retail media, too.   if you had 32-bit vista installed and wanted to upgrade it to 64-bit using retail media, you'd have to wipe your system or set up a dual-boot.
second, the COA (certificate of authenticity) on the bottom of your system is for vista.   because of this, your new license is of an upgrade from vista to 7.   this is how microsoft licenses it and it is their policy, not lenovo's.   microsoft's policy with OEMs is that you must install vista first, then upgrade to 7 (unless, of course, you purchased your system native with 7 on or after the 22nd).   since your original lenovo preload is of a 32-bit OS, the issue becomes circular and you'll have to refer again to the first reason.
i understand your frustration and wish this stuff were made easier for everyone.   it's repetative reading post after post of people with 4GB installed who don't understand the limitations of a 32-bit environment. i wish both manufacturers and users switched to 64-bit OSes sooner. the same thing happened when the industry went from 16-bit windows 3.11 to 32-bit windows NT4/95 and limitations went from 16KB all the way up to 4GB (which, in 1995, no one thought we'd ever exceed).   the difference is that people were complaining on BBSes over 14.4k modems instead of on GUI-based forums using broadband connections.   times sure have changed.
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Let Snow do it's thing... to upgrade or to "clean" install...

FWIW I thought I'd share my intro to Snow. I've owned macs now for a few years. I've always done a reformat and fresh install... so clean install, or erase and install. Got my copy of Snow Lep today, and I thought to myself am I really going to spend a Friday night messing with everything that I have customized?
If your system is running properly... make a bootable back up of it... and let Snow Lep do it's thing. Done in 32 minutes here and everything seems to be working perfectly here.
Just thought I'd add my 2 cents to the discussions here. Happy upgrading!
John

and I thought to myself am I really going to spend a Friday night messing with everything that I have customized?
Somehow I know this feeling.

Questions about Installing Windows 7 ultimate 64 bit on Mac Pro

Hi, I have an early 2009 Quad Core Mac Pro which is running Snow Leopard. I have 4 internal drives in my Mac Pro. Does WIndows 7 have to be installed on the same drive I have Snow Leopard installed or can it be on any of my drives. My boot drive has 215 gb of free space. 2 of them have 100gb of free space and my 2 tb drive has 40 gb of free space. To install Windows 7, do I have to partition one of my drives which would mean erasing all my data? How much free space do I need for windows 7 and programs, etc? Would Windows 7 ultimate 64 bit work? Any info is greatly appreciated

Read the link ""The hatter"" gave you and read the "FAQ's", it will answer quite a few of your questions. Read the Installation manual a few times to familiarize yourself with it before you start and it will make it a lot easier when the time comes.
Windows will be little bit quicker on the Mac-Boot disk only because of your SSD drive. It's rare, but you leave yourself open for problems if anything gets buggered up with both OS's on the same drive. You could lose the Mac side also. You have the chance to save yourself one less problem with it being on a separate drive.
You can install Windows on "any" INternal drive with Boot Camp. Windows can only be installed in the #1 slot on a MacPro if there are any other drives in it. (You can put it in any slot after it's been installed.) And Windows can't be installed on an EXternal drive from a Mac.
Your best bet would be either put one of the internal drives into an external HD enclosure ($15/$20) and replacing it with another blank HD and just splitting it into two partitions or try to free up more space on one of the other drives so you have more room.
Or like ""The hatter""mentioned.
"""You could put OS X HD in lower optical drive bay and put in a drive just for Windows."""
The only problem with making room on an already full drive is that some times some invisible "root" files will be left behind and Boot Camp CAN'T move it and you could get a generic "Can't Install, Files in the way" type error. So you would have to Backup, erase, reinstall to clean it up that way.
It's not so much installing Windows without Boot Camp, but you need BootCamp in order to use the "Start-up Disk" preferences. The Finder can't see the Windows install with out it. No big deal if you want to use the "Option" Key every time to reboot. Boot Camp Also has a couple of preferences like the F-Keys, etc, that you may need to use. It Could be a bigger headache. Boot Camp just makes it A LOT easier for the -non- geeks.

When buying CS5 upgrade, will a clean install be possible?

Hi!
I do own CS4 Design Premium. Afaik some (all?) products have been completely re-coded (cocoa?) to support 64-Bit on OSX. As I would worry about some kind of mismatch when upgrading (I'm a big fan of clean installs) would it be possible to install CS5 from scratch or has CS4 be installed on the system?
Greetings,
J.

You don't need to uninstall CS4. The CS5 apps are totally separate and are not over written in the install process.
Bob

[XI 3.1] Issues during "Clean" install on Windows Server (64-bit) OS

Started setting-up a SANDBOX yesterday of BOE-XI (Release 3.1) on a "Clean" Windows Server (64-bit) OS.
I hit a couple of issues that I think may be related to the DEFAULT "Program Files" location on the OS being...
C:\Program Files (x86)\
...rather than...
C:\Program Files\
I chose to install the MySQL database and the IIS and Tomcat DEFAULTs for the CMC and InfoView.
BOE-XI (Release 3.1) said that it ran OK, but we had two issues that we are now cleaning-up...
1.) SIA did not install / appear in CCM. Had to manually create a new one.
2.) Tomcat InfoView and CMC were OK, but the .NET (IIS) InfoView throws a "The page cannot be found" error when trying to connect to...
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Thanks in Advance!

Hi,
I am also experiencing this issue with Crystal Reports Server XI installed on 64-Bit Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition.
I am also getting the following error when trying to view reports
The Page Server you are trying to connect to is not accessible. Please contact your system administrator.
Unable to retrieve Object.
The Page Server you are trying to connect to is not accessible. Please contact your system administrator.
Does anyone know how to resolve this?
Brian

Weird problems after clean install on Win 7 64 bit

So I just built out a brand new machine with Win 7 64 bit and installed CS4 on it. PS works great, super quick! As I went through and tried to work on some websites last night, I found that the File/Open, File/Save and File/SaveAs options don't work? When you first open Dreamweaver (or Flash - haven't tested anything other than PS/DW/FL) the initial opening screen you can click on new HTML doc for example but clicking Open... doesn't bring up the windows open/browse dialog box. My DW install is all up to date and I tried to install over the top of it but that didn't help. Does anyone have any idea what is going on? Thanks in advance for any insight or help you can offer!
--J

I have been running Dreamweaver CS4 on Windows 7 64-bit without problems for over a month (new machine, not upgraded from a previous version of Windows). The only part that fails is the documented problem with selecting the site root in a new site definition (see http://forums.adobe.com/thread/478327).

Will a Performance upgrade occur after clean install?

I currently have a three yr old MBP that had Leopard on it and was upgraded to Snow Leopard. I also upgraded the hard drive. Over the years, I have lots of programs and files and have a complete TM backup. I am thinking its time for some system clean up and was wondering if I do an ease and fresh install of Snow Leopard and then restore the TM data, would I see better performance that would make this excersie worth it? Was also thinking to so this at the time of Lion release. I know its time consuming and would like to get rid of the spinning beach balls that I tend to get and thinking that since its been a machine that has been a workhorse with two upgrades its time.
Thanks
jf

Yes, a fresh install will make your machine perform much better, but you should do a complete fresh install of programs and everything for best results, no TM.
What you should do is use a regular HFS+ Journaled external drive and move your files there for safekeeping.
Then c boot off the installer disk that came with your computer, use Disk Utility to Erase and format your drive HFS+ journaled and reinstall OS X.
Setup the machine with the same user and hard drive name as before (you'll see why later)
Then use the Snow Leopard upgrade, then do a Software update to get to 10.6.8
Doing it this way gets your free iLife that came with the computer on the 10.5 disks.
Next install your applications from fresh sources, then finally your files from backup.
When you replace your entire iTunes Folder, because you used the same user and hard drive name as before, all your playlists and music location in iTunes will work. It's because you matched the pathname.
That's it, it's really not that hard, it's just that you have to maintain the source of all your installed programs and any product keys you have.
Once your done setting this up, consider cloning your entire boot drive (no filevault or bootcamp) to a another, HFS+ journaled formatted drive using Carbon Copy Cloner (donationware) or Superduper (partial payware)
A clone of your boot drive is "hold the option key when booting" selectable as a boot drive.
However, you should ALSO use TimeMachine too, to gain the benefits of that, but each clone/TM/backup shoudl be on their own seperate drive, so you get the protection that your vital data is not all on one drive.
It's more work, but you get a highly clean and optimized system.
When OS X Lion comes out, you upgrade from the MacAppStore and then check for a update for CCC.
Good Luck.

Doing a clean install of Windows 7, 64 bit. but don't have the necessary drivers for my dv6t-1300

When I searched on drivers for my machine all I get is an offer to scan it for new ones.
I need to download and store all the appropriate drivers so I can reformat the hard drive and do a complete reinstallation of everything.
Where can I find my drivers?
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Hi,
All the drivers and software available to download for your notebook can be found on the following link - ignore the 'Scan Now' option.
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/softwareCategory?os=4063&lc=en&cc=us&dlc=en&sw_lang=&product=3999...
If you can still boot into Windows, another option is to back-up the swsetup folder stored at the root of the C drive - this will contain installers for all the drivers and software that came with your machine ( the only exception is usually trial versions of MS Office ).
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Clean Install of Win7 64 bit

I have several questions concerning what are the proper drivers to use to attempt a clean install of Win 7 64 bit using Boot Camp. I see that there are (2) documents explaining installation with Boot Camp,they are:
plugin-BootCampInstall-Setup.pdf and
plugin-BootCamp_Install-Setup10.6.pdf
Is it correct to assume that the 10.6 version is the latest version of the document to use in my case?
In the documentation in the 10.6 pdf, they suggest downloading the latest Boot Camp drivers which appear to be here:
http://support.apple.com/kb/DL979
I am assuming that this .exe file should be used in lieu of using the Boot Camp drivers that came with my machine since those drivers are probably older??
Also, I am confused if I need to use this utility:
http://support.apple.com/kb/DL977
By reading the explanation of this utility, this is only for people that already have Vista on their machines & are upgrading to Win 7 which I am not doing.
Lastly, I see there is this update on the MacBook Pro site:
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"About MacBook Pro Software Update 1.3
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I have been making sure that I do an Apple software update frequently, but I am not sure if this is an update that I do not have.
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A clean install requires a partition formatted by Windows 7 DVD and enough space. Period.
Update etc and Apple drivers don't come into play until after multiple updates and restarts.
Backup.

CS4 Setup.exe hangs 32-bit Vista SP1 Clean install

Help!
I'm having problems installing CS4... After the autoplay opens and I click "Install CS4", the setup.exe process appears in Task Manager, but nothing else happens on the computer.
Any ideas? I'm using CS4 Design Premium, I've got a clean install of Vista SP1 (32-bit version) so I can't work out what's going wrong.
Cheers,
Mick

found a solution that worked fine 4 me at http://www.flashden.net/forums/thread/upgrading-to-flash-cs4-from-cs3/8620?page=1
Seems setup has some java issues. Well, worked fine for me and everything is working fine here, so if the url dont open, try this to install:
thanks goes to modnarus.
PROBLEM FIXED .
I got the Flash CS4 upgrade to work. If anyone else experiences the same problem when upgrading from Flash CS3 to CS4 heres what I did to correct.
PROBLEM :
You download the install files and click setup. The setup either hangs on the initializing setup screen, OR you see the setup screen briefly and it disappears.
SOLUTION :
(1) Attempt to install Flash CS4 upgrade normally (clicking setup.exe). You probably already did thisso you can actually skip
(2) Go to control panel, add/remove programs and you should see Flash Professional CS4 in the program list. Leave the control panel up, you will need this later
(3) Navigate to the following folder on your hard drive: C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\Installers\a68eec966ce913ddaa63251dc82ed31\resources\common\scripts
(4) Locate a file called ContainerProxy.js open it with a text editor (E.G.: Notepad).
(5) Go to line 1102 or simply search for: jsonObj = _jsonToObject(window.external.SetSessionInitialized(initValue)); and replace this line with: jsonObj = _jsonToObject(SetSessionInitialized(initValue));
(6) Save the file by pressing [Strg]+S or use the menu: Menu -> File Save.
(7) Go back to the Control Panel
(8.) Highlight software being installed (Flash CS4 )
(9) Reinitialize the installation by clicking on the change/remove button.
(10) Setup should now work as normal.

15-f010wm unable to clean install Windows 8.1 on Crucial M500 SSD

I have a new 15-f010wm laptop I got from walmart's black friday deal.   I have a 240GB crucial M500 ssd I have already installed.
The problem is Windows 8.1 setup will not see the drive.   Windows 7 sees it just fine.
What I've tried:
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- enable / disable xHCI support
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Erase disk and clean install - The only way

Just a note to say that I tried Archive and Install, and Migrate, and was beset with many of the problems discussed here. I messed about for hours trying to sort this and that. Then I decided that it was time for a fresh start.
I hated the idea of starting again from scratch installing all my progs one by one. It took me about a day, as I tried each program for glitches after install. But it felt more satisfying than trying to fix a busted system.
There were no glitches. I stayed away from progs with known issues.
http://www.macintouch.com/leopard/compat.html
I started with the progs I can't live without, and added the others as needed. I kept a backup of my old system and dragged in prefs for many apps as needed, which speeded things up and made it less painful. My main problem after that was importing Mail, as it seemed to be corrupted or at least Mail could not deal with the import. I got around that by using a prog called emix to mbox converter and imported the mbox file. That worked fine.
The result is that now my system is clean of all the dross of old prefs and progs I did not use anyway.
AND Leopard works really well.
I know it won't solve all the problems, and all the other install methods should work, but we have to remember every computer is different due to the soft we put in. A major system release is the burning edge. I'm so curious that I always get burned a bit. I know I should wait for the first update from apple before jumping in, like all my sensible friends. Of course, I do have a laptop still running Tiger so I'm not that brave!
All The Best
Gordon

Gordon, I think that for must users, the simple upgrade is the way to go, but only with a confirmed backup. I upgraded my "old" MBP and the process went perfectly and took a bit over an hour. Everything works and it works better than with Tiger.
I think the choice depends on how old the computer is, how many programs are installed, how good the hardware is, and how well prepared the computer and the user are for the upgrade.
If someone has a lot of special software installed, it's possible that they have some combination that was not tested simply because it's impossible to do so.
I would still recommend an upgrade (with that backup) then, if that does not go swimmingly, an erase and install.
I did a clean install on my G5 only because I wanted to keep the Tiger in the tank, so to speak, so the machine is dual-boot - one internal HD for each OS.
But, to each his own.
No piece of software will ever install smoothly on every computer. That's a given. The goal is to maximize the number of computers it will install on smoothly. This is also the reason Apple has cut off some older computers from this upgrade.
Perfection is for the other world, not this one.
However, with well over 2 million Leopards leaping out in the wild, I can only assume that most installs went perfectly or this board would be inaccessible for all the traffic we would have.
You obviously know what you are doing, and you did what it took.
I did one upgrade and one clean install and I would leave the choice up to the user.
But only if they have that all-important clone standing by in the sidelines.

IDSM-2 upgrade process questions.

Hello,
I started a new job and have been tasked with looking into what we can do with the IDSM-2 module we have in our 6509. The company has not been using the module so it hasn't been updating in a few years. I do not have a current license so I know I cannot install new signature updates, but what I would like to do is upgrade the software to version 7.0(5a)E4. Once I have it upgraded I would like to configure it in our environment and then see about getting a signature license.
I have a few questions regarding the upgrade process, and could use some assistance.
First the IDSM is currently running version 5.1(3)S256.0. From what I have read I don't believe I can go directly to 7.0(5a)E4 so my Planned Upgrade Path is: 5.1(3)S256.0 -> 5.1(8)E3 -> 7.0(5a)E4.
Am I able to upgrade this way or is there another recommended way that I should do this upgrade?
The files I have for this are below, will they be enough or am I missing any?
Do I apply them in the order listed?
Can I apply all of these files from the IDM GUI?
IPS-K9-5.1-8-E3.pkg
IPS-engine-E3-req-5.1-8.pkg <--- Is this included in the above file?
IPS-K9-r-1.1-a-5.1-8-E3.pkg
IPS-K9-7.0-5a-E4.pkg
IPS-K9-r-1.1-a-7.0-5a-E4.pkg
I plan on backing up my configuration first just in case, but should this process have any affect on the configuration?
I also saw that the upgrade will convert the configuration, so should I back it up a second time between the 5.1(8)E3 and 7.0(5a)E4 step?
Will there be any effect on network traffic or downtime during this process?
Is there any thing else I need to be aware of or that I'm missing?
Thanks in advance,
Will

Hi Will. Since you indicated that this sensor has not been in-use, it would be quickest/easiest to simply re-image it directly to the desired version (7.0(5a)E4). Additional benefits of doing this are that the sensor's filesystem will be created clean, OS/binaries cleanly installed, no potential config conversion issues, etc.
Step-by-step instructions for doing this can be found here.
And, the System Recovery Image file you will need ('IPS-IDSM2-K9-sys-1.1-a-7.0-5a-E4.bin.gz') can be downloaded here.
Will there be any effect on network traffic or downtime during this process?
That depends on whether the sensor is configured in Promiscuous Mode or Inline [VLAN Pair] Mode. You can determine this from the Catalyst config. If the sensor is installed in Inline [VLAN Pair] Mode, then certainly the re-image (and even just upgrade) could be traffic-impacting (if there is no alternative/backup path for traffic to take), as in both scenarios, the sensor is rebooted and not available for ~10 minutes (during which time, it would not be forwarding traffic (if it were installed Inline)). Additionally, since re-imaging results in a clean/default config, if the sensor were configured Inline, that portion of the config would have to be re-input post-reimage so that the sensor would know to forward traffic accordingly again. Details about the modes can be found here.

Qosmio X500-106 - Windows 7 clean install problems

Hi
Recently purchased a Toshiba X500-106
and it came with Windows 7 Home Premium,
I purchased Windows 7 Ultimate as I wanted to use
Bit-Locker.
When I installed Windows 7 Ultimate OS I started my Laptop up and found that all original software was gone.
Of course, but Now the screen is dark and the Graphics aren't right as I tried to run Solitaire and it said "Graphics not hardware accelerated".
I then checked my system rating and found that My graphics was rated as "1.0"; and I can't watch any DVDs or blu-ray films, I keep trying to find a way to change the video setting but to no avail!
Is it worth me restoring the HDD to Factory Spec?
I'm not happy that it just looks bad, do I need the original software to change the settings?
I've installed all relevant divers and software from NVIDIA and Toshiba but it's not working!
What is my best option? Clean install again?
Restore HDD to factory spec?
Any help massively appreciated

Interestingly I have install Windows7 Ultimate from an upgrade (not a clean install) on my X500-02M. Now it enjoys nothing better than loocking up every 20 or 30 minutes. I have made sure there are no viruses and run "Registery Patrol" on the computer but it is still very unstable. It also is actually more unstable doing simple things like doing word docs, project programs & emails than if running a game.
So while I have all my Toshiba software my Qosmio runs like a dog.
Toshiba suggested (no surprise here) resetting the system. Seems to me an easy answer but this is not the 1st X500 02M that has done this the first became so bad it is now back with its makers. The system seems to be inherantly unstable (much like some of the old satelites but without the blue screen of death)
While I do recomend going back to the original Toshiba software (notebooks are like that) I do not recoment getting a Windows 7 ultimate upgrade pack until Toshiba makes it as the standard one seems not to work too well.
Regards

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