Replace C: drive, but only have Win7 upgrade disk 3

[BionicJohn]

My Windows Experience Index is all in the 7s and 8s bar the HDD C: which is 5.5. So I'm looking to replace it with something faster.

Finding a suitable new HDD is no big deal, but re-installing Win7 could be.

I only have a Win 7 upgrade disc, so will I have to install WinXP first or is there a way to install Win7 on to a clean HDD from the upgrade disc?

Many thanks,
John.

Liverpool: Capital of Culture 2008
Anfield: Capital of Football since 1892
Iechyd da! John
Glannau Mersi, Lloegr.

 

[BionicJohn]

Windows Easy Transfer can be run on XP and then on Windows 7.

That's what I originally did. The migration took a long time, and so did the re-importing after Win7 was installed and ready.

On a new pristine drive, the "Upgrade" procedure would be to install WinXP and then insert the Win 7 upgrade disk without running the migration application as there will only be the default settings and no personalisations to worry about.

Liverpool: Capital of Culture 2008
Anfield: Capital of Football since 1892
Iechyd da! John
Glannau Mersi, Lloegr.