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Retail version of Windows 7 has two main primary type of licenses full or full package product (FPP) and upgrade, where the most obvious differences between full and upgrade versions are different prices for full and upgrade license, and customers have to possess an existing Windows license to be eligible for upgrade license. Officially, Windows 7 Upgrade version only allow an user to upgrade from a previous version of Windows operating system, via in-place upgrade or custom install, which replaces old Windows. Even if upgrade path from some versions of older Windows cannot perform in-place upgrade, and require user to perform a custom clean install, but it only means that user has to start the Windows 7 installation from within an existing Windows, and choose Custom Install during the course of Windows 7 setup.
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Windows 7 Upgrade license wants to see an installed and activated copy of Windows XP or Windows Vista before installation is allowed. As Windows 7 setup does not ask for an existing CD or DVD disc of Windows, thus if user full formats and wipe XP or Vista installation so that the drive is empty and blank before using the upgrade disc, setup no longer able to see any existing installation, and will return Invalid Product Key error message. Tip: User is allowed to create or delete hard disk drive or partition during the setup through Custom (advanced) -> Drive options (advanced) option (note: a 100 MB system reserved partition may be created by Windows 7 Setup), or let Windows 7 install wizard backup the existing Windows files to Windows.old directory, and then delete and wipe clean the whole partition volume prior to install Windows 7. Many people believe that Windows 7 FPP (full version) disc media or ISO is different from ISO image or disc media of Windows 7 Upgrade version. In fact, the Windows 7 Upgrade disk and Windows 7 FPP disc may be similar, if not completely the same. Only product key represents the actual version of license bought, and Windows 7 will validate against the product key, as shown by Microsoft Product Key Checker. Not everybody has a PC readily installed with a Windows for upgrade. And more people does not have time to install an operating system especially the time-consuming Windows Vista just to install Windows 7 Upgrade version. Good news is that Windows 7 upgrade media or ISO image and product keys can be used to perform clean install or custom install on a blank and emtpy PC without any prior OS installed. With the following clean install hacks or custom install tricks, which not only save the headache of users who need to install on a new or clean computer system, but also mean everybody just need to purchase an Windows 7 upgrade license, which costs up to $100 cheaper over a Windows 7 full edition price. How to Clean Install Windows 7 with a Upgrade DVD Disc or ISO Image Note: User who has downloaded Windows 7 boxed ESD installation files should follow these steps to create a bootable Windows 7 ISO image from unpacked Windows 7 installation files and burn to DVD prior to follow guide below. 1. Boot up the PC with the Windows 7 Upgrade DVD disc media into DVD-ROM drive. Note: May need to change boot sequence or boot order of device in BIOS, and/or press any key to boot from CD/DVD drive. 2. Follow the Windows 7 Install Wizard to install the operating system on the blank, empty and clean system. 3. During installation, when prompted for a product key, DO NOT enter the upgrade version product key. Tip: This step is to prevent Invalid Product Key error. User can try to input the serial number to check if setup accepts the key. If its accepted, all the rest of steps can be skipped. 4. Unselect and untick the Automatically activate Windows when Im online check box during the installation process. 5. After Windows 7 is installed, boot up to desktop, and manually enter the Windows 7 upgrade product key to activate online or activate via phone. Steps above, which is practically how to perform clean install with a Windows 7 full version media and product key, should work for some, if not most, users. On system that the system still does not accept an upgrade version product key, or face activation failure error code of 0xC004F061, try one or more of the following workarounds to get Windows 7 activated:
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Workaround 1: Use SLMgr Commands to Insert Product Key and Activate 1. Open an elevated command prompt as administrator. 2. Use the following command to install product key: slmgr -ipk <upgrade product key>

3. Activate Windows 7 with the following command: slmgr -ato

Steps above have also been used to clean install Windows Vista Upgrade version. To check activation status from command line, use slmgr -dlv or slmgr -dli. Workaround 2: Clean Install Windows 7 Upgrade with Double Installs 1. After starting up the just installed Windows 7 system, allow system to boot to desktop. 2. Insert the same Windows 7 DVD media into CD/DVD optical drive tray to start Install Windows wizard again. Alternatively, mount the Windows 7 ISO image to a virtual CD/DVD-ROM drive, or directly run setup.exe from the unpacked Windows 7 installation files. 3. Reinstall Windows 7 once again (both Upgrade or Custom Install should be OK), enter product key during installation so that Windows 7 can be automatically activated when user first online after installation is done. Steps above is originally used as a workaround to clean install Windows Vista with upgrade media, and is less commonly used as its time-consuming. Workaround 3: Clean Install and Activate Windows 7 with MediaBootInstall Registry Hack 1. After booting up, ensure that no Windows Updates pending task which requires a system reboot to finish installing. Tip: Normally, an orange-colored shield icon will be displayed next to Shutdown button in the Start Menu Power Button or at notification tray area if a restart is required. If reboot is required, restart the computer to allow any pending updates is installed. 2. Run Registry Editor (RegEdit). 3. Navigate to the following registry key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Setup\OOBE
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4. In the right pane, change the value data for MediaBootInstall from 1 to 0.

Alternatively, just download and execute MediaBootInstall.reg to merge the value into registry. 5. Open an elevated command prompt as administrator. 6. Run the command below to reset Windows 7 activation status: slmgr -rearm

7. Reboot the computer. 8. Run the Activate Windows utility (accessible from bottom section of Control Panel -> System and Security -> System, or type Activate Windows into Start Search), type in the upgrade product key and activate Windows.
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97 Responses to Clean Install Windows 7 With Upgrade Media and Product Key on Formatted or Empty Blank Hard Drive
Pages: Previous 1 2 3 4 1. hamish May 10th, 2010 01:07 97 Thanks a million!!!! Workaround 3 (Registry Edit) worked. Youve saved me days of work as I had (unknowingly) been working for a week on an unactivated Windows. Thanks again 2. Anton May 8th, 2010 15:05 96 Thank you, I was going mad trying to sort this after having to format my old hardrive, workaround 3 was quick and painless 3. KJ May 5th, 2010 09:16
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95 Workaround 3 worked beautifully. What a lifesaver. I didnt want to have reinstall stupid Vista again. Old upgrades used to ask for the old OS disk. I figured the same here. Thanks. 4. gabriel April 30th, 2010 01:15 94 Thank you! THANK YOU!!!! I ended up using the last work around Im so relieved I dont have to spend another 2 days reinstalling all my software again!!!!! Youre the best!! 5. Berdoc April 28th, 2010 03:11 93 Method 3 worked perfectly. Thanks. 6. Stephan April 26th, 2010 09:28 92 Thank you so, so muchI was getting 0xC004F061 over and over. Its so frustrating to pay for a product to support programmers and be treated like a criminal. 7. Darren April 25th, 2010 01:12 91 Dude, will you have my babies? Seriously, man I dont normally put comments on articles I read, but this was such a lifesaver I had to say something. THANK YOU! 8. Can I reinstall Windows 7? - iOGaming April 14th, 2010 23:37 90 [...] the post, but try using either one of these: http://www.winsupersite.com/win7/clerade_media.asp Clean Install Windows 7 With Upgrade Media and Product Key on Formatted or Empty Blank Hard Drive My They both explain the steps needed. BACKUP THE DATA YOU WANT TO KEEP BEFORE DOING THIS. [...] 9. Jeremy April 14th, 2010 09:39 89 Thanks a lot. Workaround 3 worked a charm for me! 10. Jhin April 12th, 2010 01:42
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88 Oh!!! YOU MADE MY DAY!!! Thanks FOR THIS!!! 11. Klaas April 4th, 2010 23:17 87 Trick 3 did it 4 me! Thanks 12. skylark March 22nd, 2010 21:47 86 gday, just wanted to say thanks. managed to use your method 3, once i figured out how to do the admin cmd thing (right click, open as admin). doh! this was for a Mac VMWare3 instal, btw. cheers skylark 13. Jason March 17th, 2010 04:47 85 I tried a different method. I formatted the new Hard Drive with NTFS on an existing Windows XP Machine. I created an empty Documents and Settings Folder, an empty Program Files folder, and copied all the files except pagefile.sys from the root of one drive to the other then I made an empty pagefile.sys on the new drive. Then I created a Windows folder and copied all the files (not folders) within. I copied over everything from the Driver Cache, OPTIONS, and System Directory including some files from the System32 Directory. Probably overkill. Just didnt want to have to mess around trying more files and folders later in case it didnt work. At any rate, when I tried to install Windows 7 again it worked like a charm. First time (blank HD) it failed saying Invalid Product Key. 14. NORM March 11th, 2010 09:47 84 WOW! Super help, saved me a TON of reinstalling
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Thanks!! 15. Ralphie March 6th, 2010 14:06 83 If you did the MediaBootInstall Registry Hack do not let windows install update KB971033 if you do it eventually will call home and your w7 will no longer be valid. I used it to install a my upgread as I was miss imformed on the u[grade path and thought my vista ultimate would be in the path but it was not.my w7 WAS NOT VALID TODAY UNTIL i DID A ROLLBACK AND REMOVED IT. 16. JC March 4th, 2010 13:24 82 The install does not work on a blank HDD. Ive tried everything and only get cannot boot from any device 17. samchilla March 3rd, 2010 07:43 81 thanks, this was very helpful! 18. Marshall March 2nd, 2010 14:32 80 Thank you very much. I installed Home Premium x64 on one computer today and the first method worked just fine. I then tried the same method installing Professional x64 and the first method didnt work. So I tried the third and that didnt work. Tried the fourth and activation successful! Thank you so much for taking the time to write this up. 19. JoeFu March 2nd, 2010 11:54 79 Thank you so much! Workaround 3 worked for me, didnt even try the second one. Bought the upgrade version from my school without even knowing it was an upgrade version. So awesome. Thanks for sharing! 20. Inirji February 28th, 2010 17:30 78 Thank you so much! You are truly my savior. My Goddamn toshiba laptop with windows 7 upgrade disc has been acting up like a whore. I got so fed up with it I was going to clean wipe it and install from upgrade, but I wasnt sure if I couldThanks a bunch for the tip about not putting in the cd key. You
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were truly helpful. 21. JimErwin February 27th, 2010 23:36 77 Workaround 3 was successful! Like a newb I wiped my drive before installing, thanks! 22. amel February 27th, 2010 07:42 76 thank you, thank you, thank you! This solves my problems ! I would say thank you in every language available. Pages: Previous 1 2 3 4

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