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Installing Win7 on top of Vista on a netbook

Dec 9, 2009 11:57AM PST

Alright ill try to be as detailed and helpful as possible.

Netbook by Gateway LT31 AMD Athlon 1.2 GHz 3G ram

I bought a netbook with Vista and I got Windows 7 OS ( on a disc )
I want to get Win7 on the netbook safely and productively, everyone says Windows 7 is better than vista and it would run smoother and it just sounds like a good choice. But I don't have a CD drive on the netbook. I have USB/SD Drives.

How can I get the disc contents onto an SD card or USB then load from startup from USB/SD or can I install while on Vista?

The other question I had was do I have to install any drivers? I bought the disc and thats all that it came with. I remember reformatting my old computer with XP once and I had to go find all the drivers.

Third and final question, what if it doesnt work out or if I don't like it, is there anyway to reverse what I had done and not completely screw myself over on my new netbook? Also note I'm not doing any PC gaming, just browsing, music and the sort.

Thanks

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Did you research this?
Dec 9, 2009 10:21PM PST
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help
Dec 10, 2009 2:55AM PST

Thanks.

So I figured out from this link http://www.legitreviews.com/article/1031/4/

So it is do able and I do have a 4G flash drive. But from what this video is saying is you have to set your netbook to boot from flashdrive, what happens afterwards when I have Win7 installed? Will it still boot from flash drive?

also do I need any drivers for Win7 or just the disc I bought?

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Think it over.
Dec 10, 2009 3:04AM PST

If you remove the flash drive or change the BIOS what would happen?

As to drivers, look at the maker's site for those.

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installing Windows 7
Dec 10, 2009 7:15AM PST
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Use Windows7 Usb Dvd Download tool
Dec 14, 2009 3:43AM PST

u can use 'Windows7 usb dvd download' tool available from microsoft to create a bootable usb windows7 setup..now u can boot windows7 setup from ur usb(must be minimum 4gb) and install in your harddisk..u will like windows7 better than vista..

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Windows 7
Dec 14, 2009 6:30AM PST

Here is the Windows 7 USB/DVD Download Tool- http://download.cnet.com/Windows-7-USB-DVD-Download-Tool/3000-18513_4-10972600.html

Windows 7 should find all the drivers you need, but if not then you will have to go grab them from the manufacturer's website.

If Windows 7 doesn't work out for you (I'm 99.9% sure you will like it Happy ) you will have to use your recovery discs to reinstall Vista. I'm guessing you won't need to do that.