re- installing Windows 7 on vista

flopsy1973

Hi
I have Vista on my PC and now finally i have had a reinstallation disk for Windows 7 professional but how do i install it over the vista. I have several user accounts on my PC do i need to sign into one of these to install the disk
Many thanks for the help

debitcardmayhem

Six months on from starting(and abandoning) this thread

Really ?

flopsy1973

Can anyone help with this

esuhl

Top result here looks good:

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=upgrade+vista+to+7

Presumably, user accounts are retained during an upgrade.

flopsy1973

thanks for that
I have saved what i need off the PC and want to do complete re-install and don't need the user accounts so is that the way forward??

esuhl

flopsy1973 wrote: »

thanks for that
I have saved what i need off the PC and want to do complete re-install and don't need the user accounts so is that the way forward??

If you have everything backed up and don't need the user accounts, then, yes -- I'd do a clean installation. That will wipe everything from the PC (including all your installed programs), and leave you with a fresh installation of Windows.

I believe the way to do that would be to boot from the Win7 installation DVD and follow the prompts.

You'll probably have to hit a key when the PC boots to access either a boot menu or the BIOS settings, so you can set the PC to boot from the DVD drive.