Upgrade Failing Vista HDD to Win7

[rak]

I have an older laptop with an OEM version of Vista. I also have a valid Windows 7 upgrade disk. Problem: The HDD on the laptop is failing (has at least one bad sector) and will not image. So I don't want to put Windows 7 on the old HDD and if I replace it with a new HDD the Windows 7 upgrade won't see Vista. All of my data is backed up. So that's not a problem. Help !

 

[SC Tom]

I have an older laptop with an OEM version of Vista. I also have a valid
Windows 7 upgrade disk. Problem: The HDD on the laptop is failing (has at
least one bad sector) and will not image. So I don't want to put Windows 7
on the old HDD and if I replace it with a new HDD the Windows 7 upgrade
won't see Vista. All of my data is backed up. So that's not a problem.
Help !

 

[Ken Blake]

I have an older laptop with an OEM version of Vista. I also have a valid
Windows 7 upgrade disk. Problem: The HDD on the laptop is failing (has at
least one bad sector) and will not image. So I don't want to put Windows 7
on the old HDD and if I replace it with a new HDD the Windows 7 upgrade
won't see Vista. All of my data is backed up. So that's not a problem.
Help !
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Read here "Clean Install Windows 7 with Upgrade Media"at
http://www.winsupersite.com/win7/clean_install_upgrade_media.asp
Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP (Windows Desktop Experience) since 2003

 

[Roy Smith]

I have an older laptop with an OEM version of Vista. I also have a
valid Windows 7 upgrade disk. Problem: The HDD on the laptop is
failing (has at least one bad sector) and will not image. So I don't
want to put Windows 7 on the old HDD and if I replace it with a new HDD
the Windows 7 upgrade won't see Vista. All of my data is backed up. So
that's not a problem. Help !

Just go ahead and install it on the new drive. I formatted my drive so
that there was no OS present and the Win7 upgrade installed just fine,
and it didn't even ask for a install disc from a previous version of
Windows.

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Roy Smith
Windows 7 Home Premium

Timestamp: Tuesday, April 20, 2010 6:25:59 AM

 

[rak]

Thanks to all for your help. Got it going. Basically I booted from the old hdd, swapped it for the new hdd and then used the w7 installation cd.
I have an older laptop with an OEM version of Vista. I also have a valid Windows 7 upgrade disk. Problem: The HDD on the laptop is failing (has at least one bad sector) and will not image. So I don't want to put Windows 7 on the old HDD and if I replace it with a new HDD the Windows 7 upgrade won't see Vista. All of my data is backed up. So that's not a problem. Help !