The HP Laptop Out-Of-The-Box Guide 2.0 for Windows 7

[bratboy]

I'm not sure if it will work but maybe you can launch anytime upgrade and use it to downgrad. Will post a link if I find an answer

[alucard_6956]

Windows anytime upgrade is not available on Ultimate. Any suggestions?

Edit: Got it figured out, check out either of these two links:

http://www.unawave.de/installation/d...n.html?lang=EN

http://tech.icrontic.com/articles/up...7-rc-to-retail

so far seems to work, only issue it said a keyboard filter may require a driver re-install , but other than that golden, thanks.

[bratboy]

Is there any other option besides reinstalling the OS that I can do ? Is there a way to 'downgrade' ultimate to home premium without loosing everything? Thanks for any suggestions.

I asked over at another Win7 forum with a lot of helpful ppl. If and as soon as I get an answer I'll post back.

[velcorbp]

Just finished a clean install of Home Premium on my new DV6-2170us, and everything went perfectly! Followed this and the "LEGAL windows 7..." guide and just wanted to thank you guys for these great resources. This is my first laptop, so I will be visiting this site very frequently now that I know how full of useful information it is!

Thanks again for the great guide!!

[bratboy]

Okay I have 3 questions concerning my replacement Envy 15. I am considering just doing a format & fresh install of Win7 X64 Ultimate from a 16 gig USB drive. I know that before I do it I want to backup the sw folder so I have all the drivers etc. I plan to copy the entire folder and sub-folder's onto the flash drive as well.

My 2 questions are:

1. How do I get the laptop to boot from the USB drive. With my Asus MB I can just hit f8 during boot and it gives me a boot drive option window.

2. Has anyone made a list of all the actual installs in the SW folders? I do want some of the features but others I can live without and it would be a big help to know what each exe is for during the reinstall.

3. If I leave the rescue partition can I restore the system to factory default by running the restore app out of my Win7 install or do I need to make disks?

Sincere Thanks

[Rizzo5150]

Thanks in advance for all the great advice in this thread Velocity!

Can anyone help:
I ordered the $19.00 "recovery disks" with my new DM3. Can I reinstall the OS from those and opt out of all of the bloatware and pick only the stuff I want?

I have a legal copy of Win7 home I bought to do a fresh install on my desktop. Can I use it on my DM3 or since it has already been activated will it be no good?

Thanks
Riz.

[bratboy]

Thanks in advance for all the great advice in this thread Velocity!

Can anyone help:
I ordered the $19.00 "recovery disks" with my new DM3. Can I reinstall the OS from those and opt out of all of the bloatware and pick only the stuff I want?

I have a legal copy of Win7 home I bought to do a fresh install on my desktop. Can I use it on my DM3 or since it has already been activated will it be no good?

Thanks
Riz.

I can't answer the custom install via recovery question as I'm not familiar with the option those disks will give you. I know when I used the recovery partition on my first Envy I don't recall that it gave me any choice but to restore to factory default. Maybe someone else can answer better.

As to your second question, you can only install a bought copy of windows & key on one system at a time. If you used it then you need another key or uninstall it on the one system before you try to use it on the DM3 and to activate you may have to do the phone activation method since its on a different system.

[Rizzo5150]

I can't answer the custom install via recovery question as I'm not familiar with the option those disks will give you. I know when I used the recovery partition on my first Envy I don't recall that it gave me any choice but to restore to factory default. Maybe someone else can answer better.

As to your second question, you can only install a bought copy of windows & key on one system at a time. If you used it then you need another key or uninstall it on the one system before you try to use it on the DM3 and to activate you may have to do the phone activation method since its on a different system.

Thanks. Rep'd

It was suggested in another thread to use the key HP provides with the machine for the fresh install with my Win7 disk. Would you happen to know where that key is and your opinion if it would work?

riz

[bratboy]

Thanks. Rep'd

It was suggested in another thread to use the key HP provides with the machine for the fresh install with my Win7 disk. Would you happen to know where that key is and your opinion if it would work?

riz

It should conceivably work, as long as you install the same version of Win7 but no promises. In other words you can't use a Win7 Home key to enable Win7 Ultimate. The actual key is, IIRC, located under the main battery.

[Rizzo5150]

It should conceivably work, as long as you install the same version of Win7 but no promises. In other words you can't use a Win7 Home key to enable Win7 Ultimate. The actual key is, IIRC, located under the main battery.

Erk.
Neva mind.
I own the 32 bit version...

Thanks anyways.