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<blockquote data-quote="bass_lover1" data-source="post: 6393016" data-attributes="member: 555256">The student discount (30 bucks in the other thread) is downloadable upgrade version of Win7.&nbsp; You don&#039;t have to burn it to a disk, but that is just as stupid as PC manufacturers sending your &quot;recovery&quot; disks on a hidden partition on the main drive.&nbsp; If your HDD ever crashes, guess what happens to your Win7 download?Legally no, you can&#039;t install it on more than one PC, but there are ways around it.&nbsp; Though it usually involves calling MS support and lying to them about the number of times you&#039;ve activated this copy of Windows.All an upgrade does is replace your Vista/XP system files with the newer Win7 files.&nbsp; All your programs remain intact, but you have a new OS.However, I recommend every time you swap to a new OS that you do a fresh install and start from scratch.&nbsp; It sucks sometimes, but that is the best way IMO.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="bass_lover1, post: 6393016, member: 555256"] The student discount (30 bucks in the other thread) is downloadable upgrade version of Win7. You don't [I]have[/I] to burn it to a disk, but that is just as stupid as PC manufacturers sending your "recovery" disks on a hidden partition on the main drive. If your HDD ever crashes, guess what happens to your Win7 download? Legally no, you can't install it on more than one PC, but there are ways around it. Though it usually involves calling MS support and lying to them about the number of times you've activated this copy of Windows. All an upgrade does is replace your Vista/XP system files with the newer Win7 files. All your programs remain intact, but you have a new OS. However, I recommend every time you swap to a new OS that you do a fresh install and start from scratch. It sucks sometimes, but that is the best way IMO. [/QUOTE]

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