Hi all,
Is there a way to upgrade my installed W7 Beta Guest OS to W7 RC, or do I have to create a new Guest Host and then reinstall my programs again? I looked and couldn't find any similar topics in the forums.
Thanks!
Robert
Upgrading W7 Beta to W7 RC?
-
Perryg
- Site Moderator
- Posts: 34369
- Joined: 6. Sep 2008, 22:55
- Primary OS: Linux other
- VBox Version: OSE self-compiled
- Guest OSses: *NIX
Re: Upgrading W7 Beta to W7 RC?
Well Robert that would be a question for Microsoft.
But from past experience you are better off installing it new.
VirtualBox really does not care since it is just the mechanism to allow installing the OS.
But from past experience you are better off installing it new.
VirtualBox really does not care since it is just the mechanism to allow installing the OS.
-
robertjm
- Posts: 6
- Joined: 9. Feb 2009, 04:59
- Primary OS: MS Windows 7
- VBox Version: OSE other
- Guest OSses: Ubuntu 12.04
Re: Upgrading W7 Beta to W7 RC?
Thanks for the quick response Perry. I was wondering if that might be the case, but I did't know if Vbox looks for certain "hooks" in the process of opening that would get all munged up when upgrading.
Later,
Robert
Later,
Robert
-
Perryg
- Site Moderator
- Posts: 34369
- Joined: 6. Sep 2008, 22:55
- Primary OS: Linux other
- VBox Version: OSE self-compiled
- Guest OSses: *NIX
Re: Upgrading W7 Beta to W7 RC?
Naw, they did not change the base product that much. But as I said upgrading a beta is not a good idea (and you can verify this at Microsoft) They will suggest that you remove and install a clean copy. This is to prevent you from have a sub-standard product due to left over artifacts that were not included in the next release.