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Originally Posted by BailOut

That's the most complicated OS installation I've seen in 15 years!

I think he's doing the HD swap/cloning of his own accord. It's not a requirement of the installation.

I personally don't recommend ever doing an upgrade install. Backup your important data, buy a new HD or create a new partition and install the new OS. Reinstalling your other programs really isn't that big of a deal.