Windows xp upgrade to windows 7?

Upgrading and OS is pretty serious. Most of your files will still be there yet some may be corrupt. If you get Windows 7 and try to make it your primary OS on the same hard disc with all your files it will have an "upgrade" version which will try to save your files and make it as easy as possible. But if you are having problems it's also very risky to upgrade an OS. If you specified what problem I maybe could of helped with that but if it's a virus it will still try and stay in your hard drive.

So be careful and goodluck if you decide to upgrade!

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Well with that being the case I would go ahead and upgrade to windows 7 seeing as how you said your system could. Although I wouldn't hold much hope for having your old files as they may not take the conversion to well. It may need driver updates on the wireless card inside of it or the card itself could be "dead". Sorry if the update isn't that helpful but again best of luck to you with this!

You cannot upgrade directly from Windows XP to Windows 7. Period.

It will not carry over your files. Period.

You can buy the cheaper "upgrade" version of Windows 7 because you already have XP, and you can "upgrade" your operating system to a more recent version, but you can not directly "upgrade" and have your files, settings, etc. carry over as most people want. You will technically be forced to do a full fresh install, even if you have the "upgrade" version. Period.

I didn't make it this way, Microsoft did. And I answered a whole whole ton of questions about this when Windows 7 came out.

It would probably be wise to go with Windows 7 at this point if your computer can handle it and the guy at the shop will do it for you without a high price. However, you'll need to back up anything critical if you want to keep it. Your files will NOT still be there.

The smartest thing to do (if you can afford it) is for the guy in the shop to put a brand new hard drive in your computer and to install Windows 7 to that. You can then still connect remotely to your old hard drive, and pull off any files that are still there. If your old hard drive was the core problem (which the guy in the shop should be able to eventually tell), this protects you. And if it's not, you can now use it as a backup drive instead.

But anyone telling you it's no problem to "upgrade" or that you have a choice between an upgrade and a full installation or that your files will still be there for you is wrong. XP to Windows 7 is *always* a clean install, but it can be done with the cheaper "upgrade" version of the software.

Ok, here how it works. There is no "upgrade" possible from XP to Win7. Instead you must do what is called a clean installation. This will format the hard drive and install Windows 7. All your personal files will be be wiped out (lost) during the format process.

A short explanation.

Upgrade means that the operating system is "ugraded" from an older version of the operating system to a newer version and all files and programs are kept in tact.

Clean installation means that the the new operating system is installed but during the process the hard drive is formatted which erases everything on the hard drive before the new operating system is installed.

There are a few things to know before you install a new operating system. First you must enter the BIOS and make sure that the boot sequence is set so that the CD/DVD drive boots prior to the hard drive. Second, you need to backup all personal data to some sort of external media such as a thumb drive or a CD or two. Third you should download all necessary drivers and again save them to some sort of external device so that you install them after you have installed the new operating system.

Installing a new OS is not difficult, but can be a bit confusing if you have never done it before. If you have a friend that is computer savy, have them help you.

For best results, you system should have a CPU that has a clock speed of at least 1gig, I prefer a minimum of 1.6 gigs. Also, Win7 needs at least 2 gigs of fairly fast RAM. Again, I prefer 4 gigs.

You can not do an "upgrade" for XP to Win 7. An "upgrade" is defined as an install of a new version of Windows that does not wipe everything. It just replaces the system files for Windows with a new vrsion of them. However there are no files in common between XP and Win 7. So it has to totally wipe the hard drive and install a whole new version of Windows. You will lose all your current programs and other files.

There is probably an easier way to fix your problems. It sounds like when you re-installed XP it was from a "generic" disk, not one customized for your specific make and model of PC. So it lacked the software (drivers) needed to run your network card, sound card, video card and other devices. Thus, no Internet, Media player does not work right, and you have poor video resolution.

Using another PC, go to the web site of the maker of the PC and search in the Support or Download section for your model of PC. They should have all the drivers for you computer available there are a free download. (Be sure to get the XP version of the drivers). Download them, copy them to a flash drive or CD and then move them to your computer. Once installed everything should start working for you again.

If you decide to convert to Windows 7, odds are that since you will (again) be using a generic Win 7 disk, it may also lack the drivers for you computer, and you will have to do the same thing. Go to the Internet and get the Win 7 version of the drivers for your computer.

Well , it's nice that you are upgrading from xp to 7. Windows 7 offers more speed , performance and security than xp . it has less issues than xp in common but it depends upon how you use it . Xp is about 11 years old now .Install windows 7 with correct drivers and a good antivirus you will have no major issues rather it provides beautiful and simple desktop environment.

For further information about windows 7 check out microsoft website or google it.

And last windows 7 uses same file system as xp so it can keep your old files in the same drive in a folder called windows.old if you do an upgrade.but you will have to install the programs again.

Go for it!!

GOOD LUCK!!!!

i don't advise doing upgrade from xp to win 7. doing a fresh install is better

1st backup all the files that you need onto something else, then put in the win 7 setup dvd and boot from it (done by restarting pc with dvd in drive. if you don't get option to boot from dvd then you need to change boot order in bios), choose fresh install and NOT upgrade, select the drive that has win xp on it which will be formatted (hence the backup) and then continue with setup. when you finish put back your files and install drivers

btw why do you want to use win 7 anyway? are you having problems with your xp? is there a need to put win 7? it's true win 7 is newer, but xp is very stable. in some cases win 7 freezes and crashes

You cannot upgrade Windows XP to Windows 7. You can only do a clean install, which means you will have to back up your files and re-install your programs when you finish the installation.

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