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Today, we got some very good news from Microsoft. The Microsoft booth at Community Day in Mechelen will be a Windows 7 InstallFest! That means that Microsoft will install for free on your laptop Windows 7 RC in various options.

Bringing your laptop to Community Day is of course required but entirely on your own risk.

Here’s all the info you need:

Come to the Microsoft booth to get Windows 7 installed onto your computer. We are offering different installation options: 
• Wipe and load: This installation type will format your hard disk and put Windows 7 onto your machine. You will have to reinstall all applications, like Office, afterwards.
• Boot from VHD: If you are currently running Windows Vista SP1 or higher, you can run Windows 7 next to your current configuration (without impacting your Windows Vista installation). This installation type will change your boot loader and adds a Windows 7 VHD (Virtual Hard Disk) file to your hard disk. Once finished you can either choose to run you current OS or the freshly deployed Windows 7. Please note that you need to have Windows Vista with SP1 or SP2 installed for this to work.
• Dual Boot: This is a traditional dual boot installation where we will deploy Windows 7 next to your current OS.
There will be two different Windows 7 versions available: one is a demo-ready version that you can use to easily demonstrate the new features of Windows 7 towards your colleagues, customers or friends. The second version is the Windows 7 clean install.