When you do, you'll end up with a complete image of your hard disk. Creating a System ImageĮven though the Upgrade will not alter any of your data or other configuration settings, I recommend that the first thing that you'll want to do is create a System Image from within Windows 7's Backup and Restore. See the article Native VHD Boot is available in all versions of Windows 7 for more detail. As such, in this article, I'll walk you step by step thru the entire procedure of using Windows 7 Anytime Upgrade to upgrade a Windows 7 Home Premium system to Windows 7 Ultimate.īe your company's Microsoft insider by reading these Windows and Office tips, tricks, and cheat sheets.Įditor's Note: Since this article was published, it has been discovered that Native VHD Boot is available in all versions of Windows 7, which means that you can set up a Windows 8 dual-boot configuration in Windows 7 Home Premium.
After we were finished, I figured that there were probably other folks out there that would be interested in learning more about using Windows 7 Anytime Upgrade to be able to install Windows 8 on a bootable VHD. The upgrade went very smooth and soon my friend was installing Windows 8 to a VHD. A half hour later we were standing in line at the local Best Buy purchasing a Windows 7 Anytime Upgrade key. I then explained how he could purchase a Windows 7 Anytime Upgrade key that would allow him to easily upgrade his Windows 7 Home Premium system to Windows 7 Ultimate. When told him that it would cost him about $140, he was still open to the idea saying that if it would allow him to install Windows 8 on a VHD, it would be worth it. When I told him that there was a way he could do so, he was all ears. (As you know, the ability to boot from VHD is only available in Windows 7 Ultimate and Windows 7 Enterprise.) My friend has Windows 7 Home Premium installed on his computer and was saying that he would give anything for a way to add the Bootable VHD feature to his system so that he could experiment with Windows 8 and keep his Windows 7 setup intact. The other day I was discussing with a friend the benefits of dual-booting Windows 8 using a VHD (Virtual Hard Disk) as I wrote about in the article Dual-boot Windows 7 and Windows 8 using a VHD.
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