Install Win7 over XP

[John]

I did not see a newsgroup for Windows 7, so here goes:

I am currently running XP SP3. I have an opportunity to obtain Windows 7 as
a full install version, not an upgrade. If I do a full scale install of
Windows 7 on my XP machine, what can I do with my many applications installed
under XP? can those migrate over to Windows 7? do I need to reinstall
everything?

 

[Shenan Stanley]

I did not see a newsgroup for Windows 7, so here goes:

I am currently running XP SP3. I have an opportunity to obtain
Windows 7 as a full install version, not an upgrade. If I do a
full scale install of Windows 7 on my XP machine, what can I do
with my many applications installed under XP? can those migrate
over to Windows 7? do I need to reinstall everything?

You will need to have a backup copy of all your stuff and install the
applications after the Windows 7 clean installation (you cannot upgrade
Windows XP to Windows 7 in place.)

 

[Leonard Grey]

Windows XP can't be upgraded to Windows 7. You need to do a clean
install (which, in Windows 7, is called a custom install) or dual boot.

You would be well-advised to run the Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...90-7659-4bd9-9e51-2497c146af15&displayLang=en

There is no newsgroup for Windows 7 -- only web forums.

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

I did not see a newsgroup for Windows 7, so here goes:

I am currently running XP SP3. I have an opportunity to obtain Windows 7 as
a full install version, not an upgrade. If I do a full scale install of
Windows 7 on my XP machine, what can I do with my many applications installed
under XP? can those migrate over to Windows 7?

No.


do I need to reinstall everything?

When you do a clean installation, you need to reinstall all your apps.

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

Windows XP can't be upgraded to Windows 7. You need to do a clean
install (which, in Windows 7, is called a custom install) or dual boot.

You would be well-advised to run the Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...90-7659-4bd9-9e51-2497c146af15&displayLang=en

There is no newsgroup for Windows 7 -- only web forums.

Slight correction: there is no *Microsoft* newsgroup for Windows 7.
There *is* alt.windows7.general, although not all news servers carry
it yet.