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Planning to upgrade to Windows 7? Here is everything you need to know, including moving from Windows XP to Windows 7, moving from Windows Vista to Windows 7, and upgrading editions of Windows 7 once you already have the new operating system.
From Windows XP to Windows 7;Information here is still a bit murky because Microsoft has not specified which XP editions will be eligible. The good news is that the company has confirmed that users currently running Windows XP will be able to buy the cheaper upgrade option of Windows 7. However, they will only be able to perform a clean install. The hassle of backing up applications and user data will fall on the user; the upgrade process will not backup anything.That may come as a shock to some, but Microsoft typically lets users purchase the cheaper upgrade option by owners of the last two releases of Windows (in this case XP and Vista) but the older of the two operating systems usually require a clean install.

From Windows Vista to Windows 7;
Microsoft will only allow the following upgrade paths to Vista users. For example, users who purchase an upgrade copy of Windows 7 Professional and have Vista Home Premium will only be able to perform a clean install. Here's the migration list:

* Windows Vista Home Premium to Windows 7 Home Premium
* Windows Vista Business to Windows 7 Professional
* Windows Vista Ultimate to Windows 7 Ultimate

If you are performing an upgrade installation from Windows Vista, the base language must match the target Windows 7 language, you must have about 9GB of free space for the installation, and the installation can only occur on the same partition that holds Windows Vista. Existing applications and user data will be automatically migrated to the new Windows 7 installation.Clean installs will require about 16GB for the installation process. Unless the user chooses to repartition or format the current partition, Vista's files from C:\WINDOWS will be preserved under C:\WINDOWS.OLD, just as when upgrading from XP to Vista. Clean installs will also have to be performed when upgrading from a 32-bit version to a 64-bit version. More at; http://arstechnica.com/microsoft/news/2009/02/upgrading-to-windows-7-what-xp-and-vista-users-need-to-know.ars

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Upgrades are usually buggy and unstable......There will most likely always be issues with one thing or another.

My preference is to always 'clean install' when putting in a new OS!

A lot of my mates laugh at me and opted to save money using the cheaper upgrade version of vista when it was released........ guess who came crying, asking me if i could fix several issues for them about a week later?

That's life, you can lead a horse to water, but you cant make it drink!


Regards

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Thanks for your comments.
Well rightly said , this world is full of such people who don't realize it at that point but whenever they do , its too late. I am sure ur classmates must have realised this .

I also share the same view about clean installation of an OS . I get this feeling that still the issues are going to be there especially with the drivers in future with windows 7 if people upgrade from vista or xp to windows 7. A clean windows 7 installation is more manageable than an upgrade from xp or vista. Vista is too buggy & I wish Vista would have been Windows 7. I recently moved to windows 7 & so far so good , I didnt have had any issues either with installation or usage problems so far. I personally feel that people have majority of the issues with their pc because they dont update their computers/drivers/programs within relevant time. Now is that because they forget, become lethargic, or dnt know how to do it--is another part of the story but updates are must for smooth functioning of any computer. Thanks though for sharing your valuable opinion Digitalocksmith. Bow or Thanks

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Digitalocksmith wrote:
My preference is to always 'clean install' when putting in a new OS!


The ways real geeks do it. Cheers Mate

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