Did a 32-bit upgrade from Vista, learned that the activation key had already been used. Cannot find old Vista media to locate key, or to reinstall and then upgrade again. Have purchased a new Windows 7 64-bit upgrade
media and key. Since Vista has already been upgraded, will a legitimate upgrade activate when installed over the "bad" copy without the Vista key? If not, is there a workaround? Due to the number of things I have installed, I would prefer
to just upgrade, but can copy off the critical stuff and do a full install if necessary. For some reason, I did NOT find a "windows.old" folder to attempt a rollback. System is a lower-end/early Intel dual-core, but only 1 GB of RAM, 80 GB
SATA drive only 1/2 full, should be enough space for any method that will work.
