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Important tips for upgrading to Windows 7 from XP
Seattle Post-Intelligencer ^
| Tuesday, October 20, 2009
| DWIGHT SILVERMAN
Posted on 10/21/2009 10:13:27 AM PDT by skeptoid
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Great.
I downgraded from Vista to XP a few months ago.
The article looks like good stuff - - ten bullet points of specifics.
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posted on
10/21/2009 10:13:27 AM PDT
by
skeptoid
To: skeptoid
I upgraded from Vista to Windows 7 about a week ago...so far I really like it.
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posted on
10/21/2009 10:14:59 AM PDT
by
NMEwithin
To: skeptoid
Vista to Win7 yesterday on the work laptop. What an improvement! Oh, and I got some wallpaper that I guarantee you will keep other people’s fingers a safe distance from the machine...
To: skeptoid
I downgraded from Vista to XP a few months ago.That's considered upgrading.
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posted on
10/21/2009 10:19:37 AM PDT
by
wastedyears
(Clyde Shelton is my hero.)
To: Billthedrill
Oh, and I got some wallpaper that I guarantee you will keep other peoples fingers a safe distance from the machine...What?
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posted on
10/21/2009 10:20:57 AM PDT
by
wastedyears
(Clyde Shelton is my hero.)
To: skeptoid
2. You can do a Custom install, in which your older setup is squirreled away in a folder called WINDOWS.OLD. This will include your program files, though you won’t be able to run your software from there. It will also include data files, but you shouldn’t rely on this as your sole backup strategy prior to upgrading.”
Hmmm. That seemed to have worked well for me when I went from Vista to the RC.
I just reinstalled the software that I use most often, and moved my saved files to a 2nd HD.
But seriously, save yourself the hassle. Clean Install 7 on a separate partition, move important data to the partition with 7 on it, Delete old partition when you feel comfortable enough.
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posted on
10/21/2009 10:21:42 AM PDT
by
VanDeKoik
(Iran doesnt have a 2nd admendment. Ya see how that turned out?)
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To: skeptoid
Buy another HDD, do a clean install onto the new HDD configuring for dual boot. When you want to do stuff with your old XP boot to XP, when you want to do Windows 7 stuff boot there. Eventually all your stuff will be in 7 and you can stop with XP.
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posted on
10/21/2009 10:24:12 AM PDT
by
discostu
(The Bluebird of Happiness long absent from his life, Ned is visited by the Chicken of Depression)
To: wastedyears
Um...six-armed alligator people wearing overcoats, riding a turtle and a somewhat strange beetle-looking creature with a candle on its head. Little guys like the ones out of
Phantasm with hoods and masks. Looks like a very bad acid trip. Comes with the OS...
:-)
To: skeptoid
Win 7 will make people forget about the Vista fiasco. I’ve been using Win 7 beta since january without fail.
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posted on
10/21/2009 10:30:07 AM PDT
by
Blue Highway
("Judge me by the people with whom I surround myself" Barack Obama, Oct 15, 2008 Presidential debate)
To: skeptoid
Microsoft strikes again. BWAHAHAHAHAHHA why bother allowing the customer to upgrade? HAHAHAHHAHAHAHHA
To: Billthedrill
To: skeptoid
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posted on
10/21/2009 10:39:20 AM PDT
by
astyanax
(Liberalism: Logic's retarded cousin.)
To: the long march
Microsoft strikes again. BWAHAHAHAHAHHA why bother allowing the customer to upgrade? HAHAHAHHAHAHAHHA
Wow, you really need to get out more...
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posted on
10/21/2009 10:42:13 AM PDT
by
astyanax
(Liberalism: Logic's retarded cousin.)
To: NMEwithin
I upgraded from Vista to Windows 7 about a week ago...so far I really like it.
Same here.
My advice for an XP user going to Win7 -> buy a new hard drive and install Win 7 on that. Use your XP drive as a secondary hard disk as you copy your files off of it.
Drives are cheap enough these days.
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posted on
10/21/2009 10:55:02 AM PDT
by
Filo
(Darwin was right!)
To: skeptoid
So is the Vista to Windoze 7 easier?
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posted on
10/21/2009 10:55:58 AM PDT
by
Yo-Yo
(Joe Wilson speaks for me.)
To: skeptoid
I'm awaiting the delivery of a new notebook from NYC at this very moment.I'll upgrade to W7 as soon as it's up and running.
To: Yo-Yo
Yes...I upgraded to the beta from vista and it was VERY easy....sure like the new windows....
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posted on
10/21/2009 10:58:34 AM PDT
by
illiac
(If we don't change directions soon, we'll get where we're going)
To: the long march
Microsoft strikes again. BWAHAHAHAHAHHA why bother allowing the customer to upgrade? I suspect that it's not allowed because it would be an upgrade accross two versions: XP -> Vista -> Win7. (It's like trying to upgrade directly from version 1 to version 3 of some software product.) It's common for software companies to not provide for upgrades across two versions. XP -> Vista is OK. Vista -> Win7 is OK. But XP -> Win7 is not OK.
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posted on
10/21/2009 11:29:09 AM PDT
by
matt1234
To: skeptoid
I’ve been told that this new computer won’t run XP. I sure don’t like Vista and I don’t want to try 7.
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posted on
10/21/2009 11:46:06 AM PDT
by
SWAMPSNIPER
(THE SECOND AMENDMENT, A MATTER OF FACT, NOT A MATTER OF OPINION)
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