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I have an older computer that is set up with Windows XP Pro SP3 and
would like to upgrade it to Windows 7. I've been told that the only way to do this is to do a reformat/clean install. Is this correct? This computer is a home built with a Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3L motherboard and an Intel Core 2 Duo CPU 2.66 GHz. Is there any reason Windows 7 would not run on this computer? It has two Western Digital WD5000 AAKS hard drives with about half the space available on each drive. Gordon |
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You can't "upgrade" inplace from XP to Win7. You could go XP-Vista-Win7,
if you have a Vista retail CD. On 11/8/2010 19:19, Antares 531 wrote: I have an older computer that is set up with Windows XP Pro SP3 and would like to upgrade it to Windows 7. I've been told that the only way to do this is to do a reformat/clean install. Is this correct? This computer is a home built with a Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3L motherboard and an Intel Core 2 Duo CPU 2.66 GHz. Is there any reason Windows 7 would not run on this computer? It has two Western Digital WD5000 AAKS hard drives with about half the space available on each drive. Gordon |
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Are you saying that I would have to buy a full retail version of
Windows 7, not an upgrade? That is could I do it this way? On Mon, 08 Nov 2010 19:24:50 -0600, Bob I wrote: You can't "upgrade" inplace from XP to Win7. You could go XP-Vista-Win7, if you have a Vista retail CD. On 11/8/2010 19:19, Antares 531 wrote: I have an older computer that is set up with Windows XP Pro SP3 and would like to upgrade it to Windows 7. I've been told that the only way to do this is to do a reformat/clean install. Is this correct? This computer is a home built with a Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3L motherboard and an Intel Core 2 Duo CPU 2.66 GHz. Is there any reason Windows 7 would not run on this computer? It has two Western Digital WD5000 AAKS hard drives with about half the space available on each drive. Gordon |
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?If your current PC can run Windows 7, you can upgrade it. Note that you can
use upgrade media, but you must perform a custom installation of Windows 7, which doesn't keep any of your files, programs, or settings. http://windows.microsoft.com/en-CA/w...p-to-windows-7 peter If you find a posting or message from me offensive,inappropriate or disruptive,please ignore it. If you dont know how to ignore a posting complain to me and I will be only too happy to demonstrate :-) "Antares 531" wrote in message ... Are you saying that I would have to buy a full retail version of Windows 7, not an upgrade? That is could I do it this way? On Mon, 08 Nov 2010 19:24:50 -0600, Bob I wrote: You can't "upgrade" inplace from XP to Win7. You could go XP-Vista-Win7, if you have a Vista retail CD. On 11/8/2010 19:19, Antares 531 wrote: I have an older computer that is set up with Windows XP Pro SP3 and would like to upgrade it to Windows 7. I've been told that the only way to do this is to do a reformat/clean install. Is this correct? This computer is a home built with a Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3L motherboard and an Intel Core 2 Duo CPU 2.66 GHz. Is there any reason Windows 7 would not run on this computer? It has two Western Digital WD5000 AAKS hard drives with about half the space available on each drive. Gordon |
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Antares 531 wrote:
I have an older computer that is set up with Windows XP Pro SP3 and would like to upgrade it to Windows 7. I've been told that the only way to do this is to do a reformat/clean install. Is this correct? This computer is a home built with a Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3L motherboard and an Intel Core 2 Duo CPU 2.66 GHz. Is there any reason Windows 7 would not run on this computer? It has two Western Digital WD5000 AAKS hard drives with about half the space available on each drive. Gordon Windows 7 upgrade paths http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...5-00f0ee7fe0fb There is no upgrade path from Windows XP to Windows 7. You can migrate but you cannot upgrade. If you have Windows XP (installed or its install CD), the install of Windows 7 does a *fresh* installation. The OS partition gets wiped when Windows 7 gets installed. A data transfer wizard is provided that is to help you move your data files into the fresh install of Windows 7; however, if you want to ensure your data files survive the migration, do a backup of them onto other media before the migration so you can restore them from that backup media. |
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On Mon, 08 Nov 2010 19:19:46 -0600, Antares 531
wrote: I have an older computer that is set up with Windows XP Pro SP3 and would like to upgrade it to Windows 7. I've been told that the only way to do this is to do a reformat/clean install. Is this correct? It is *almost* correct. True, you can *not* upgrade from XP to Windows 7. But you can do a two-step upgrade--first to Vista, then to Windows 7. I don't recommend doing this, since it doubles the risk of problems, but it can be done. In fact, I've done it successfully myself (although I was prepared for problems to develop and then to do a clean installation of Windows 7). |
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On Mon, 08 Nov 2010 19:19:46 -0600, Antares 531
wrote: I have an older computer that is set up with Windows XP Pro SP3 and would like to upgrade it to Windows 7. I've been told that the only way to do this is to do a reformat/clean install. Is this correct? This computer is a home built with a Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3L motherboard and an Intel Core 2 Duo CPU 2.66 GHz. Is there any reason Windows 7 would not run on this computer? It has two Western Digital WD5000 AAKS hard drives with about half the space available on each drive. Gordon Thanks to all who have responded. I think, in view of the information posted, I should just leave well enough alone and let this older computer live out the rest of its life as a Windows XP Pro SP3 computer. It's a bit confusing to have to jump back and forth between the two and stumble around a bit while my brain makes the transition form one OS to the other, but that might be less of a problem than messing the old computer up beyond recovery. It's my genealogy records setup, and I would be in a mell of a hess if I trashed this information. Gordon |
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"Antares 531" wrote in message ... On Mon, 08 Nov 2010 19:19:46 -0600, Antares 531 wrote: I have an older computer that is set up with Windows XP Pro SP3 and would like to upgrade it to Windows 7. I've been told that the only way to do this is to do a reformat/clean install. Is this correct? This computer is a home built with a Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3L motherboard and an Intel Core 2 Duo CPU 2.66 GHz. Is there any reason Windows 7 would not run on this computer? It has two Western Digital WD5000 AAKS hard drives with about half the space available on each drive. Gordon Thanks to all who have responded. I think, in view of the information posted, I should just leave well enough alone and let this older computer live out the rest of its life as a Windows XP Pro SP3 computer. It's a bit confusing to have to jump back and forth between the two and stumble around a bit while my brain makes the transition form one OS to the other, but that might be less of a problem than messing the old computer up beyond recovery. It's my genealogy records setup, and I would be in a mell of a hess if I trashed this information. Gordon A lot of the replies you received contained pure bull****. "Peter" _almost_ gave you a good answer, but it DOES save all your XP stuff in a folder called \Old Windows. |
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On Tue, 09 Nov 2010 14:45:36 -0600, Antares 531 wrote:
On Mon, 08 Nov 2010 19:19:46 -0600, Antares 531 wrote: I have an older computer that is set up with Windows XP Pro SP3 and would like to upgrade it to Windows 7. I've been told that the only way to do this is to do a reformat/clean install. Is this correct? This computer is a home built with a Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3L motherboard and an Intel Core 2 Duo CPU 2.66 GHz. Is there any reason Windows 7 would not run on this computer? It has two Western Digital WD5000 AAKS hard drives with about half the space available on each drive. Gordon Thanks to all who have responded. I think, in view of the information posted, I should just leave well enough alone and let this older computer live out the rest of its life as a Windows XP Pro SP3 computer. It's a bit confusing to have to jump back and forth between the two and stumble around a bit while my brain makes the transition form one OS to the other, but that might be less of a problem than messing the old computer up beyond recovery. It's my genealogy records setup, and I would be in a mell of a hess if I trashed this information. Gordon Sounds like a job for Backup Man! There must be a way that you can save all of that info in a way that lets you get it back safely. You just can't be sure when your old computer (hard drive) will fail... Backing up your whole system drive onto an external drive using a program like Macrium, Acronis, or Casper is one approach that comes to mind, but you could just learn where your genealogy data is and copy it to a CD or DVD every once in a while. -- Gene E. Bloch (Stumbling Bloch) |
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My two cents,
Your original question, essentially, consists of two parts: (1) are you eligible to purchase an upgrade version with Windows XP, and (2) must you use a clean install? The first question is a simple one - Yes, you are eligible to purchase an upgrade version and to use this upgrade license. The second question for installation mechanism could also be a simple one, and that is - Yes, you have to do a clean install either by letting Windows 7 do it for you or do it yourself, unless you wish to make it complicated by doing an upgrade install to Vista first and then doing another upgrade install to Windows 7. There are arguments and discussions for which clean install mechanism is more appropriate which I won't want to get into, but as a general rule though I am by no means a lawyer, unless the publisher has explicitly stated which installation mechanism is prohibited and will void the license (in which case, this certain installation mechanism(s) usually will be blocked as well), otherwise, installation mechanism and license are two separate issues and should not be mixed together. Hope this helps and good luck. "Antares 531" wrote in message ... On Mon, 08 Nov 2010 19:19:46 -0600, Antares 531 wrote: I have an older computer that is set up with Windows XP Pro SP3 and would like to upgrade it to Windows 7. I've been told that the only way to do this is to do a reformat/clean install. Is this correct? This computer is a home built with a Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3L motherboard and an Intel Core 2 Duo CPU 2.66 GHz. Is there any reason Windows 7 would not run on this computer? It has two Western Digital WD5000 AAKS hard drives with about half the space available on each drive. Gordon Thanks to all who have responded. I think, in view of the information posted, I should just leave well enough alone and let this older computer live out the rest of its life as a Windows XP Pro SP3 computer. It's a bit confusing to have to jump back and forth between the two and stumble around a bit while my brain makes the transition form one OS to the other, but that might be less of a problem than messing the old computer up beyond recovery. It's my genealogy records setup, and I would be in a mell of a hess if I trashed this information. Gordon |
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On Tue, 9 Nov 2010 16:44:49 -0800, "Gene E. Bloch"
wrote: On Tue, 09 Nov 2010 14:45:36 -0600, Antares 531 wrote: On Mon, 08 Nov 2010 19:19:46 -0600, Antares 531 wrote: I have an older computer that is set up with Windows XP Pro SP3 and would like to upgrade it to Windows 7. I've been told that the only way to do this is to do a reformat/clean install. Is this correct? This computer is a home built with a Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3L motherboard and an Intel Core 2 Duo CPU 2.66 GHz. Is there any reason Windows 7 would not run on this computer? It has two Western Digital WD5000 AAKS hard drives with about half the space available on each drive. Gordon Thanks to all who have responded. I think, in view of the information posted, I should just leave well enough alone and let this older computer live out the rest of its life as a Windows XP Pro SP3 computer. It's a bit confusing to have to jump back and forth between the two and stumble around a bit while my brain makes the transition form one OS to the other, but that might be less of a problem than messing the old computer up beyond recovery. It's my genealogy records setup, and I would be in a mell of a hess if I trashed this information. Gordon Sounds like a job for Backup Man! There must be a way that you can save all of that info in a way that lets you get it back safely. You just can't be sure when your old computer (hard drive) will fail... Backing up your whole system drive onto an external drive using a program like Macrium, Acronis, or Casper is one approach that comes to mind, but you could just learn where your genealogy data is and copy it to a CD or DVD every once in a while. You're right, and getting all my important files backed up is my first objective. I'm thinking an external hard drive back-up system might be the way to go. Gordon |
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On Wed, 10 Nov 2010 07:52:32 -0600, Antares 531 wrote:
On Tue, 9 Nov 2010 16:44:49 -0800, "Gene E. Bloch" wrote: On Tue, 09 Nov 2010 14:45:36 -0600, Antares 531 wrote: On Mon, 08 Nov 2010 19:19:46 -0600, Antares 531 wrote: I have an older computer that is set up with Windows XP Pro SP3 and would like to upgrade it to Windows 7. I've been told that the only way to do this is to do a reformat/clean install. Is this correct? This computer is a home built with a Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3L motherboard and an Intel Core 2 Duo CPU 2.66 GHz. Is there any reason Windows 7 would not run on this computer? It has two Western Digital WD5000 AAKS hard drives with about half the space available on each drive. Gordon Thanks to all who have responded. I think, in view of the information posted, I should just leave well enough alone and let this older computer live out the rest of its life as a Windows XP Pro SP3 computer. It's a bit confusing to have to jump back and forth between the two and stumble around a bit while my brain makes the transition form one OS to the other, but that might be less of a problem than messing the old computer up beyond recovery. It's my genealogy records setup, and I would be in a mell of a hess if I trashed this information. Gordon Sounds like a job for Backup Man! There must be a way that you can save all of that info in a way that lets you get it back safely. You just can't be sure when your old computer (hard drive) will fail... Backing up your whole system drive onto an external drive using a program like Macrium, Acronis, or Casper is one approach that comes to mind, but you could just learn where your genealogy data is and copy it to a CD or DVD every once in a while. You're right, and getting all my important files backed up is my first objective. I'm thinking an external hard drive back-up system might be the way to go. Gordon I couldn't agree more, and I encourage you to do it today. Seriously... -- Gene E. Bloch (Stumbling Bloch) |
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No reason not to replace XP with 7.
All are correct, you can not "upgrade" from xp to 7 but you can install win 7 into the same partition that xp was installed on. When you do the install all files on the OS partition are deleted with the exception of the windows directory. That directory is renamed to windows.old and remains intact so you can access it if needed. When I did this on 3 machines I used lap link utility to to save all of my windows xp and program settings settings and then import them into win7. Worked like a charm. Now to be fair I do not use the program folders provided by the OS, I always created a separate partition on the hard drive where I stored my applications and data. That way when I upgrade/replaced/fresh installed the next OS all needed to do was reinstall the apps and off I went. If you did not do this then you will need to reinstall the applications. With the win 7 replacement of XP the lap link utility was able to save all of the registry entries for my applications and OS and then put them back after the win 7 replacement was completed. Very happy with win7 stable as heck and not all that different the win xp. I fact every application I had with win xp ran under win 7 with no problems. I even have an application bought to run under win98 and it runs just fine. Marty On 11/9/2010 3:45 PM, Antares 531 wrote: On Mon, 08 Nov 2010 19:19:46 -0600, Antares 531 wrote: I have an older computer that is set up with Windows XP Pro SP3 and would like to upgrade it to Windows 7. I've been told that the only way to do this is to do a reformat/clean install. Is this correct? This computer is a home built with a Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3L motherboard and an Intel Core 2 Duo CPU 2.66 GHz. Is there any reason Windows 7 would not run on this computer? It has two Western Digital WD5000 AAKS hard drives with about half the space available on each drive. Gordon Thanks to all who have responded. I think, in view of the information posted, I should just leave well enough alone and let this older computer live out the rest of its life as a Windows XP Pro SP3 computer. It's a bit confusing to have to jump back and forth between the two and stumble around a bit while my brain makes the transition form one OS to the other, but that might be less of a problem than messing the old computer up beyond recovery. It's my genealogy records setup, and I would be in a mell of a hess if I trashed this information. Gordon |
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On Wed, 10 Nov 2010 16:14:06 -0500, Marty
wrote: Now to be fair I do not use the program folders provided by the OS, I always created a separate partition on the hard drive where I stored my applications and data. That way when I upgrade/replaced/fresh installed the next OS all needed to do was reinstall the apps and off I went. If you did not do this then you will need to reinstall the applications. Since you have to reinstall the apps either way, I'm not sure I'm seeing any benefit. I used to do it your way years ago, but I don't anymore. Am I missing anything? -- Char Jackson |
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On Wed, 10 Nov 2010 16:14:06 -0500, Marty
wrote: No reason not to replace XP with 7. All are correct, you can not "upgrade" from xp to 7 but you can install win 7 into the same partition that xp was installed on. This is where I'm a bit confused. If I can install Windows 7 into the Windows XP partition without disrupting anything else, it is a go situation, but if installing Windows 7 will somehow mess up the other partitions and destroy all my client software files, it is not worth the trouble. Gordon When you do the install all files on the OS partition are deleted with the exception of the windows directory. That directory is renamed to windows.old and remains intact so you can access it if needed. Can I copy the files on the Windows XP partition to a back-up hard drive, then copy them back to the new Windows 7 partition after the installation is complete? That is, would the client software work at all after doing this? Gordon When I did this on 3 machines I used lap link utility to to save all of my windows xp and program settings settings and then import them into win7. Worked like a charm. Now to be fair I do not use the program folders provided by the OS, I always created a separate partition on the hard drive where I stored my applications and data. That way when I upgrade/replaced/fresh installed the next OS all needed to do was reinstall the apps and off I went. If you did not do this then you will need to reinstall the applications. I've set up my client software programs in a separate partition, too, but had been led to believe that these would also be deleted when I install Windows 7. Gordon With the win 7 replacement of XP the lap link utility was able to save all of the registry entries for my applications and OS and then put them back after the win 7 replacement was completed. This lap link is unfamiliar to me. Am I just out of the loop, or is it some software that one can buy to link a laptop to a desktop computer? Would a home workgroup, or a hard drive in a separate case do the same thing? Gordon Very happy with win7 stable as heck and not all that different the win xp. I fact every application I had with win xp ran under win 7 with no problems. I even have an application bought to run under win98 and it runs just fine. Marty On 11/9/2010 3:45 PM, Antares 531 wrote: On Mon, 08 Nov 2010 19:19:46 -0600, Antares 531 wrote: I have an older computer that is set up with Windows XP Pro SP3 and would like to upgrade it to Windows 7. I've been told that the only way to do this is to do a reformat/clean install. Is this correct? This computer is a home built with a Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3L motherboard and an Intel Core 2 Duo CPU 2.66 GHz. Is there any reason Windows 7 would not run on this computer? It has two Western Digital WD5000 AAKS hard drives with about half the space available on each drive. Gordon Thanks to all who have responded. I think, in view of the information posted, I should just leave well enough alone and let this older computer live out the rest of its life as a Windows XP Pro SP3 computer. It's a bit confusing to have to jump back and forth between the two and stumble around a bit while my brain makes the transition form one OS to the other, but that might be less of a problem than messing the old computer up beyond recovery. It's my genealogy records setup, and I would be in a mell of a hess if I trashed this information. Gordon |
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