Now in the past, when you booted from an upgrade copy, it simply wanted you to put the 'previous version' disc in the drive for all of 5 seconds so it could verify you are in fact qualified. Maybe I'm reading this wrong, but do I need to fully install a previous copy and then run the upgrade? Or will the disc check still work?
Looks to be no, considering an upgrade must be from an *activated* install...having the media doesn't mean much in their eyes anymore. Understandable, sucks though and will again give pirates an easier ride over the legit users!
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Now in the past, when you booted from an upgrade copy, it simply wanted you to put the 'previous version' disc in the drive for all of 5 seconds so it could verify you are in fact qualified. Maybe I'm reading this wrong, but do I need to fully install a previous copy and then run the upgrade? Or will the disc check still work?
That's what it sounds like. I hope it's not.
Looks to be no, considering an upgrade must be from an *activated* install...having the media doesn't mean much in their eyes anymore. Understandable, sucks though and will again give pirates an easier ride over the legit users!