Some are free; others are not. Magical Jellybean Keyfinder. Belarc Advisor. The difference between "upgrade" and "full" versions of Windows 7 was solely the cost. The upgrade edition checked for the existence of either XP or Vista as one of the first steps in the installation process. Technically, it's possible to do an upgrade -- preserving your programs and data -- from XP to Vista and then another upgrade from Vista to Windows 7, but I've never seen anyone say anything good about that idea and you'd have to buy a copy of Vista.
Be careful of what you purchase and from whom. Retail sales of Windows 7 ended on October 31, If the price of the copy of Windows 7 you are thinking of buying seems too good to be true, it probably is. IObit Uninstaller. Internet Download Manager. Advanced SystemCare Free.
VLC Media Player. MacX YouTube Downloader. Microsoft Office YTD Video Downloader. Adobe Photoshop CC. VirtualDJ It shows not only what was transferred in detail but also a list of applications "you might want to install. This was very helpful as it reminded me of the different apps I needed to get on this machine to make it ready for my relative.
It's true that this isn't an "upgrade" as it's a "migration" but an hour or so later I was all set and my relative had a machine with all the things they were used to exactly where they expected them to be. Documents, Photos, Accounts, all brought over cleanly. It even remembered that their daughter wasn't an admin and brought over the Parental Controls settings. If you've got an XP machine and you're looking to go Windows 7, I recommend you at least give this built-in tool a look.
It saved me a few hours of setup at least and brought over settings that I'd have had to recreate. Scott Hanselman is a former professor, former Chief Architect in finance, now speaker, consultant, father, diabetic, and Microsoft employee. He is a failed stand-up comic, a cornrower, and a book author. Disclaimer: The opinions expressed herein are my own personal opinions and do not represent my employer's view in any way. Sponsored By. About Scott Scott Hanselman is a former professor, former Chief Architect in finance, now speaker, consultant, father, diabetic, and Microsoft employee.
About Newsletter. Hosting By. Share on Twitter or Facebook or use the Permalink. August 04, Any reason you didn't consider creating a new OS partition out of the free space, installing on that and then moving files over? Nice post and it's good to get another perspective beyond the two obvious paths to upgrade, namely the pave my machine or upgrade twice via Vista options.
I had considered moving many more machines to Windows 7 until I read there is no way to upgrade from the release candidate to the final version. I can understand having no upgrade path from XP to Windows 7, but I don't understand why I can't just type in a license key when the final version is released?
Needless to say I'll be holding off wasting time installing the OS until it's finally baked According to the latest reports, upgrades will run on your Windows 7 RC machine, but move your OS and files to a folder called windows. Nice write up. Very useful considering I am going to need to do this very thing next weekend. Would this migration pose any issues you're aware of for when the full release version of Windows 7 becomes publicly available in the fall?
Would you then just do and "over the top" install of 7 over the beta? Also, any issues running Visual Studio on Windows 7 that you know of? I did this on the RTM version. No issues so far. No issues at all with VS Scott Hanselman. What was the processor speed on your relative's computer? Granted, I did install 32bit Win7. But 32bit XP worked much faster. Patrick Veverka. Did something happen to your last sentence? I don't mean to be nit-picky, but I was just curious how you ended that thought.
Select Search automatically for updated driver software. If you're lucky, that will fix your issues. If you're human and you still have a few devices with issues, try looking at the Windows 7 Upgrade Adviser to see if the device and its new driver are listed. If that doesn't work, check the manufacturer's Web site. Once you get your devices running to your satisfaction, time to install your old programs.
Gather your CDs and external drives or whatever you used to store the programs earlier and get to installing. For some programs, you might want to download the latest versions. Finally, you can restore your data. It's all there in a folder called Windows.
But we don't have to mess with that, since we did the Easy Transfer Wizard earlier. Make sure your external drive is connected. Then click Start, choose computer, and under hard disk drives, choose the external drive where you stored your transfer data. Find the file you should have named "Windows Easy Transfer--Items from old computer" and double click.
You can choose which accounts to move, and the transfer wizard will figure out the rest. If it fails, your data is still in Windows. You'll just have to move it manually. And there you have it.
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