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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Merkuri" data-source="post: 5043610" data-attributes="member: 41321">So, I recently got a laptop with Windows 7 Home Premium on it.  I spent almost all of last week using this laptop because I was staying at my parents' house, and I got to like a lot of the features of Win 7.  So now I'm considering upgrading my desktop PC from Vista to Win 7.The problem is that I have Vista Ultimate installed (which I actually got for free legally from an advertising shtick they did at my workplace) and from looking at the write-ups of Win 7 I don't think I need anything more than Win 7 Home Premium.  It looks like the Win 7 Ultimate upgrade disk is about $100 more expensive than the Win 7 Home Premium upgrade disk, and I'd really rather not pay an extra $100 for features I won't use.I know that the only way to do a "clean" upgrade (preserving all of my files and installed software) is to go from Vista Ultimate to Win 7 Ultimate, but my questions are:1) Can I buy a Win 7 Home Premium upgrade disk and use it to upgrade my Vista Ultimate OS (knowing I will need to restore all files and software) or do I need to buy the full OS (non-upgrade) to do this?2) Can file backups I made with the built-in Vista "Backup and restore center" be restored to a Win 7 machine?3) Is there anything in Win 7 Ultimate I'm missing that may be worth the extra $100 to upgrade?</blockquote>