Upgrading to Windows 7 from Vista Home Premium...

On Sun, 27 Sep 2009 19:11:53 -0400, "Rick Rogers" <rick@mvps.org>
wrote:
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> Um, if it's not reconmmended, then why does Microsoft provide this path?
> While some recommend a clean install only, I rarely do. An upgrade will be
> just fine if the system was working just fine to begin with. The vast
> majority of failed upgrades are the result of a) upgrading a system that has
> unsupported hardware, upgrading a system that has unsupported software,
> and c) upgrading a system that is already having software/hardware issues.
>
> When properly prepared for, upgrading a system is by far the easiest route
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I agree completely with Rick's comments above, and would like to add
the following three points:

1. Unlike with previous versions of Windows, an upgrade to Windows XP
or later replaces almost everything, and usually works very well.

2. My recommendation is to at least try the upgrade, since it's much
easier than a clean installation. You can always change your mind and
reinstall cleanly if problems develop.

3. However, don't assume that doing an upgrade relieves you of the
need to backup your data, etc. before beginning. Before starting to
upgrade, it's always prudent to recognize that things like a sudden
power loss can occur in the middle of it and cause the loss of
everything. For that reason you should make sure you have backups and
anything else you need to reinstall if the worst happens.

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Eric Von Zipper wrote:<!--coloro:blue--><span style="color:blue <!--/coloro-->
> On Mon, 28 Sep 2009 18:53:25 -0600, Bruce Chambers
> <bchambers@cable0ne.n3t> wrote:
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>> Not recommended by whom, precisely?<!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->
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> Microsoft ....<!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->


Obviously not, or they wouldn't provide an upgrade path/method, now,
would they?

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> .... and most power users.<!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->


None I know. And certainly no experienced IT professionals will say
such twiddle.


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On 27 Sep 2009 14:58:06 GMT, ray <ray@zianet.com> wrote in
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>On Sun, 27 Sep 2009 10:44:02 -0400, ross m. greenberg wrote:
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>> My son is running Vista Home Premium onto his machine and just
>> downloaded Windows 7/RTM and he wants to install it desperately. I'm
>> hesitant to do so: it's easy to "uninstall" Windows 7 and revert back to
>> Home Premium if he thinks that he made a mistake?<!--colorc--><!--/colorc--><!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->
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>How about running it in a virtual machine, instead? Then both of you can
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Good advice.

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