Hi all,

Back in January, i used my 3-pack Windows Home Premium 7 upgrade kit to do a clean install on a WD 640 GB hard drive. I called MicroSoft and explained I had several retail versions of Windows XP but wanted to install 7 on a new hard drive. They couldn't have been more friendly and helpful. I didn't even have to go to Tech Support. The fellow in Pre-Sales simply gave me a key. This time around I couldn't reach Pre-Sales, and the tech people (two of them) couldn't have been ruder right from the get go, even before they knew what it was I wanted.

If I end up having to load XP on my Boot drive SSD (if it even supports XP?) and then try to upgrade from there, will there be any performance loss? I also could try to clone my platter drive with Windows 7 to the SSD with the included Norton Ghost software, but Samsung does say in the manual a clean install is best.

I am most concerned that there might be some sort of performance loss.

Thanks,

Grail