Fully install Windows 7 from the upgrade disc

By Woody Leonhard

Topping the long list of readers' Windows 7 questions is whether you can use the upgrade disc to perform a full install of the new OS.

You may be surprised to discover that in Windows 7 there's no difference between the "upgrade" and "full" DVDs and — just as with XP and Vista — the cheaper upgrade version can indeed be used to perform a full install.

But that's just one of your many Windows 7 questions. From what's possible, to what's legal, to what-on-earth-were-they-thinking, here's the skinny on the ins and outs of Microsoft's best OS yet. There's no way to fit all your Win7 queries into a single column, so you can be sure I'll have many more Win7 FAQs in the weeks to come.

Will a Win7 upgrade disc install the full OS?

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