Upgrade Windows XP To Windows 7

Are you looking for a tutorial to upgrade XP to Windows 7 (installation)? The following tutorial will help you to upgrade Windows XP to Windows 7. You will have to basically select the Custom option during Windows 7 installation, which is a “clean” installation that does not preserve your programs, files, or settings.

Prepare to upgrade Windows XP to Windows 7:

Before you upgrade your PC running Windows XP to Windows 7, make sure that you have an external hard disk (if you have large amounts of data on your PC) or any other storage media. Also ensure that you have original installation discs or setup files for the programs that you want to use with Windows 7

To upgrade your PC from Windows XP to Windows 7, you’ll need to select the Custom option during Windows 7 installation. A custom installation doesn’t preserve your programs, files, or settings. It’s sometimes called a “clean” installation for that reason.

Upgrade XP to Windows 7 (Custom Installation):

• 1. The windows 7 package has both 32-bit and 64-bit installation discs. Find out whether you will have to install 32 bit/64 bit Windows 7 on your PC.
• 2. Next download and run Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor to find (if any) potential compatibility problems with your computer’s hardware, devices, or programs that might affect XP to Windows 7 or vista to Windows 7 upgrade installation.
• 3. Next, Transfer Computer Files and setting with Windows Easy Transfer
• 4. After transferring files and settings to an external device, the next step is to Install windows 7
• 5. After installing Windows 7, Restore Computer Files and Settings in windows 7 with Windows Easy Transfer
• 6. Finally reinstall all programs and check for new or updated drivers.

Windows Easy Transfer provides a report detailing the programs you used in Windows XP that you might want to reinstall. To reinstall your programs, you’ll need to use the installation discs or setup files that you gathered earlier.

After you’ve used Windows 7 for a while, for example one or two weeks, and you’re confident that your files and settings are back to where you want them to be, you can safely reclaim disk space and use Disk Cleanup to delete the Windows.old folder.You can also delete the Windows.old folder if you receive an error during Step 4 above i.e. Moving your files and settings back to your computer of this tutorial that indicates that you don’t have enough free disk space to transfer your files and settings back to your computer.

Enjoy Windows XP Upgrade to Windows 7!!!

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