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They do it with every new Windows release
Michael Kelly 6th Jan 2009
Vista offered the option of a clean install over the old OS. I imagine Win7 will do the same thing. If you keep your data on a separate partition then all you have to do is reinstall your programs, which for most people is only an hour's worth of work.
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