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There is no reason to shun beta-to-beta upgrades
Because let's face facts: you are OVERWRITING all of the files that Windows uses, by and large, on your hard drive.... so there should be no 'weird' things popping up, unless you are talking about registry entry problems, which are, by and large, also overwritten.

Personally, EVERY SINGLE TIME I have been betatesting something, I've overinstalled each beta and RC as it came out..... no problems.

Microsoft, as I have said many times before, is playing games here and needs to stop. They need to remove the 'version check' (which has given me problems in Vista when I've had to correct problems by doing an 'upgrade' installation and have had a Service Pack on the drive) and just allow people to overinstall older version of Windows 7.
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There is no reason to shun beta-to-beta upgrades  Lerianis | 04/13/09
Reckless attitude toward betas  philipralban@... | 04/13/09
I have experienced issues...  Ed Bott ZDNet Moderator | 04/13/09
There are GOOD reasons why not to do beta-beta upgrades  de-void | 04/13/09
Interesting...  pico_D | 04/14/09
agreed  7thsinbad | 04/15/09
RE: How hard will it be to move to the Windows 7 Release Candidate?  Merlinau | 04/13/09
That's exactly what I am saying  Lerianis | 04/13/09
You have to build your base sometime  Ed Bott ZDNet Moderator | 04/13/09
Hmm.  aeguvas | 04/13/09
....  Badgered | 04/13/09
Beta...  pico_D | 04/14/09
Why not install to another partition?  gregrocker | 04/16/09
All over again?  pico_D | 04/14/09
Can't handle scratch reinstalls?  HovisC5 | 04/13/09
Couldn't agree more  muehlbauer | 04/13/09
RE: How hard will it be to move to the Windows 7 Release Candidate?  jshanleynyc@... | 04/13/09
Not the latest version in 7000  Ed Bott ZDNet Moderator | 04/13/09
Good Grief, Format the drive and do a clean install.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 04/13/09
Exactly (nt)  pico_D | 04/14/09
What a load of crap  croberts | 04/13/09
I agree...  storm14k | 04/13/09
Like folks that refuse to slow down when coming on an obstruction ahead.  david.metcalf@... | 04/13/09
All things equal I agree, but they're not.  muehlbauer | 04/13/09
Might not have occurred to you...  PollyProteus | 04/13/09
Well-behaved programs  wwivhobbit | 04/13/09
Agent is not well behaved  de-void | 04/13/09
FWIW, between beta and RC editions, not being able to 'upgrade'...  HypnoToad | 04/13/09
What have "digital rights" got to do with it?  de-void | 04/13/09
It's not about DRM ...  mwagner@... | 04/14/09
RE: How hard will it be to move to the Windows 7 Release Candidate?  ramnet@... | 04/13/09
You did...  Jeremy W | 04/13/09
You'll still have XP downgrade availability  marks055@... | 04/13/09
maybe don't buy Vista  ChazzMatt | 04/13/09
Hmmm  Ed Bott ZDNet Moderator | 04/13/09
So I take it...  hasta la Vista, bah-bie | 04/13/09
Absolutely  Ed Bott ZDNet Moderator | 04/13/09
Why does M$...  hasta la Vista, bah-bie | 04/13/09
Clean install from XP to XP  cwallen19803@... | 04/13/09
Maybe a better plan is to  notsofast | 04/15/09
Um, wow, what a complaint.  philipralban@... | 04/13/09
Nothing wrong with his TOT  jongunn@... | 04/13/09
TOT Revisited  philipralban@... | 04/14/09
Actual IT shops...  Ed Bott ZDNet Moderator | 04/13/09
An actual I.T. Shop.  Elihion | 04/14/09
rofl  Azathothh | 04/13/09
Compare to Mac  Greg.Henderson@... | 04/13/09
Yes...  Jeremy W | 04/13/09
RE:Compare to Mac  richdave | 04/13/09
The same With Windows  windozefreak | 04/13/09
Very True  rxmz20 | 04/13/09
At the risk of appearing like a...  PollyProteus | 04/13/09
Why do the Mac idiots keep reading Windows articles anyway?  *Gman* | 04/13/09
Macs OS upgrades are a joke.  ClarenceD | 04/14/09
What you did was like upgrading from Windows 3.1  dcsos | 04/14/09
Big changes are troublesome  Pat Barr | 04/24/09
Windows Transfer Utility: No Thank You!  muehlbauer | 04/13/09
Yes, but...  Jeremy W | 04/13/09
If you actually read the post...  Ed Bott ZDNet Moderator | 04/13/09
It is much improved  Ed Bott ZDNet Moderator | 04/13/09
I recently used it  windozefreak | 04/13/09
RE: How hard will it be to move to the Windows 7 Release Candidate?  lee_herman | 04/13/09
When....  Jeremy W | 04/13/09
RE: How hard will it be to move to the Windows 7 Release Candidate?  mijcar | 04/13/09
Re: How hard will it be to move to the Windows 7 Release Candidate?  ahumeniy | 04/13/09
RE: How hard will it be to move to the Windows 7 Release Candidate?  qvtech | 04/13/09
Windos 7 far from heaven..  emenau | 04/13/09
Why I tend to upgrade rather than clean install  Jim Johnson | 04/13/09
Upgrade installs still supported  Ed Bott ZDNet Moderator | 04/13/09
Upgrade install didn't work  Jim Johnson | 04/14/09
Not sure what a "refresh" means in your context...  PollyProteus | 04/13/09
Actually  Ed Bott ZDNet Moderator | 04/13/09
I Saw Zune On Your List.....  itanalyst2@... | 04/13/09
What's your point?  Ed Bott ZDNet Moderator | 04/13/09
Sarcasm Ed....  itanalyst2@... | 04/13/09
Why the sarcasm?  de-void | 04/17/09
iConcur!  ericesque | 04/29/09
I fixed that problem myself.  Spiritusindomit@... | 04/13/09
That works for some simple apps  Ed Bott ZDNet Moderator | 04/13/09
I wonder how Apple's BETA program works?  Feldwebel Wolfenstool | 04/13/09
Other options are available  EdTittel | 04/13/09
NDA  dheady@... | 04/14/09
Like others said, why are users using this as a production-qualified OS?  HypnoToad | 04/13/09
"Spending $500 for the [Vista] license"?  Ed Bott ZDNet Moderator | 04/13/09
Really?  hasta la Vista, bah-bie | 04/14/09
um.. not even close Ed.  sir_cheats_alot@... | 04/17/09
Microsoft a bit lax on customer friendliness and wonders why sales are not  me-a4@... | 04/13/09
65 to 100 hours?  Ed Bott ZDNet Moderator | 04/13/09
Agree  Ta_erog | 04/13/09
How Long what!!!!  davidhite | 04/13/09
beta-to-beta upgrades?  Ta_erog | 04/13/09
you have your words mixed up  dhays | 04/20/09
Garbage Pile  dhamilt01@... | 04/13/09
I am waiting...  davidhite | 04/13/09
Still Waiting  dhamilt01@... | 04/13/09
Really? So what would you propose as a replacement for the Registry?  de-void | 04/13/09
Am I the only one who's seen this?  cxnyc | 04/13/09
Looks interesting, but is also in beta  philipralban@... | 04/13/09
Not There Anymore  itanalyst2@... | 04/13/09
Good approach for big shops  Ed Bott ZDNet Moderator | 04/13/09
RE: How hard will it be to move to the Windows 7 Release Candidate?  Bryan Price | 04/13/09
RE: How hard will it be to move to the Windows 7 Release Candidate?  nalanw | 04/13/09
RE: How hard will it be to move to the Windows 7 Release Candidate?  pmishler | 04/13/09
That's the whole point!  Ed Bott ZDNet Moderator | 04/13/09
RE: How hard will it be to move to the Windows 7 Release Candidate?  erniem1970@... | 04/13/09
Easy Transfer Companion  jpwalters_z | 04/13/09
As loong as it comes stock with IE7 it will be an easy transition.  Zurk_Orkin | 04/13/09
If Microsoft provided an upgrade path from XP  dcsos | 04/13/09
In this day and age, we really shouldn't have to do this  Custard_over_2x_Pie | 04/13/09
RE: How hard will it be to move to the Windows 7 Release Candidate?  mwagner@... | 04/14/09
One word: BETA!!!  Narg | 04/14/09
Not true  Ed Bott ZDNet Moderator | 04/14/09
RE: How hard will it be to move to the Windows 7 Release Candidate?  deowll | 04/14/09
You do know how to search the internet, right?  de-void | 04/16/09
Beta: Time to burn while on the bleeding edge  SteveMak | 04/16/09
RE: How hard will it be to move to the Windows 7 Release Candidate?  davidwb_39@... | 04/16/09
The real title of the post should be:  sir_cheats_alot@... | 04/16/09
Why is this even an issue  P. Dickason, CNE, MCSE, CCA | 04/17/09
And what happens when the Retail version appears?  Merlinau | 04/17/09
RE: How hard will it be to move to the Windows 7 Release Candidate?  barrygil@... | 04/17/09
RE: How hard will it be to move to the Windows 7 Release Candidate?  sarteano@... | 04/20/09
RE: How hard will it be to move to the Windows 7 Release Candidate?  rseiler | 05/23/09
RE: XP migration  AlterGeek | 07/30/09
RE: program migration  AlterGeek | 07/30/09

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