discount for students on an os win 7

Is there a discounted student os disk full windows 7 64 bit available?  not the upgrade I would like the full operating system with disc! If so how can I get it? I don't see how to get a copy with the student discount premium upgrade... I need to do a full reformat and would just use win 7 because I lost my xp disk and cannot find another one anywhere.

Thanks a bunch!

You can reformat your hard drive and do a clean install with upgrade version. In fact if you have XP, you must do a clean install.

XP to Windows 7 requires a custom installation

You can use an upgrade disk, but you cannot make a room upgrade. You will need to do a custom clean install which will remove all of your programs, but you can save your files and settings on an external storage before doing so. In addition, you will need to reinstall all your programs. According to Microsoft the following steps:

1. start Windows Upgrade Advisor (http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows/downloads/upgrade-advisor ) to see if there are known issues that may affect the installation and the question of whether you should install the version of 32 or 64 bit Windows 7.

2 back up your files and settings. To avoid losing everything that you will need to save copies of all files, photos and other information that you want to keep an external hard drive. Windows Easy Transfer (http://windows.microsoft.com/windows-easy-transfer ) is a free tool that you can use to copy your information (but not programs) from your PC and then put them after installing Windows 7. If you do not have an external hard drive, you will not be able to use Windows Easy Transfer, instead you can copy the files you want to keep on a USB stick or CD/DVD.

3. find the discs original installation and license/product keys associated to programs currently on your computer because you will have to manually reinstall your programs after installing Windows 7. You may be able to download programs from the Internet.

4. Insert the Windows 7 DVD in your PC. When asked "which type of installation you want. Click on "Custom (advanced)."

5. when Windows 7 is installed, you can use Windows Easy Transfer to restore your files & settings and use your installation diskettes to install all your programs.

Questions about installing Windows 7?
FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions from Installation Windows 7 & responses

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