Quote Originally Posted by watsyurname529 View Post
Well that's awesome, thank you for the links. However now I'm running into another problem. Every reduced price copy for students says Upgrade on it. Yet I need to install it on a new HDD because my current one's days are numbered. So I'm not sure if it would work.

Plus, to complicate things, I inherited this PC from my uncle and its version of XP is of questionable legitimacy.
IIRC, "upgrade" is a rather nebulous term when dealing with Windows 7.

"Upgrade" to Windows 7 means to install on top of a previous installation of Windows Vista. You can't upgrade install from XP at all, and instead must perform a format and reinstallation from scratch.