Upgrade Windows 7 Pro version no middleman to middleman

Of all the research I've done and the lack of results, that I found, I was led to believe that it is impossible to upgrade a no intermediate version to an intermediate version. I managed to install a checked build / debugging of Win7 Pro and ignore constant validation errors the OS up for awhile now. Earlier, I know it's because I checked / debug OS. I tried the every time Windows upgrade that says "upgrade key you have entered is for an edition of windows that does not work with windows anytime" when I try to upgrade the operating system staged this way. When I try to do the upgrade on the spot, the installer launches "can not upgrade an no intermediate version to an intermediate version. At this point, I have a fairly large amount of files that I need to move in order to safeguard the so I would not do a clean install, unless absolutely necessary. If anyone has a way to go from a no intermediate to an operating system staged in a way that would preserve staff and program files, I'm sure that I wouldn't be the only one who would find that knowledge useful :).

Unfortunately, you will need to do a custom installation.

Boot from the Windows 7 DVD
Click Install now
Accept the license agreement
When the option is displayed to select a type of installation, click (Custom advanced)

Select the disk partition where you want to install Windows 7 click Next.

You will receive the following warning:

The partition you have selected may contain files from a previous Installation of Windows. If so, these files and folders will be moved to a folder named Windows.old. You will be able to access the information in Windows.old, but you will be able to use your previous version of Windows.

(At all costs, do NOT click on anything in Format, deletion or Partition name.) So even do a custom installation, your personal files are still kept. Click OK

The installation program will now begin installation. During installation, your computer will be restarted several times.

Once the installation is complete, you can complete the Out of Box experience as the choice of your laptop, create a username, password, your time zone. You can then proceed to download the latest updates for Windows and reinstall your applications and drivers.

You can then retrieve your personal files from the Windows.old folder and reinstall all of your applications and drivers.

http://notebooks.com/2010/11/09/how-to-recover-documents-music-and-email-after-upgrading-with-the-Windows-old-folder/

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