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03-24-2014 03:21 PM
DH's laptop has Windows XP which I requested when Vista was the latest version. Now Windows says it will stop supporting XP. They advise to upgrade to Windows 8.1, however DH definitely doesn't want 8.1. The laptop came with a disk to upgrade to Windows 7. It says on the disk that the laptop already has Vista and the disk is to upgrade from Vista to Windows 7. I am hoping I can use this disk to upgrade from XP to 7. Any advice anyone can give me is sorely needed.
03-24-2014 03:36 PM
I wouldn't recommend it because upgrades seldom work well. Buy new.
03-24-2014 03:52 PM
Try going to Mozilla Firefox instead.
03-24-2014 04:08 PM
I would buy new tomorrow but DH really hates Windows 8. I have it on my laptop and he feels like he could never learn to use it. I find Windows 8 a bit of a pest. I think I'll look into getting a new laptop with Windows 7.
Pilotte - why would I go to Mozilla Firefox?
03-24-2014 04:16 PM
On 3/24/2014 Pilotte said:Try going to Mozilla Firefox instead.
This makes no sense.
03-24-2014 04:18 PM
From what I understand, you cannot directly upgrade from XP to Windows 7 - it will wipe everything and do a clean install. You will need to backup any files that you wish to keep.
I upgraded from XP to 7 a few months ago in anticipation of this. I bought a copy of Windows 7 and a new hard drive. I installed Windows 7 on the new hard drive and attached the "old" hard drive with WinXP as a secondary so I could retrieve my old data from it.
03-24-2014 10:43 PM
On 3/24/2014 Nicecupoftea said:I would buy new tomorrow but DH really hates Windows 8. I have it on my laptop and he feels like he could never learn to use it. I find Windows 8 a bit of a pest. I think I'll look into getting a new laptop with Windows 7.
Pilotte - why would I go to Mozilla Firefox?
You should look at Dell, HP Business, or Toshiba. You need to go online, and then call the companies with any questions.
03-24-2014 11:13 PM
These are getting harder and harder to find, but I can not say enough good things about this ASUS A53U, loaded with Windows 7.
I'm betting there are still a few other laptops floating around out there with 7, but they are going fast.
03-24-2014 11:17 PM
For more options her are the results of a search on Amazon for "Laptops with Windows 7"
http://www.amazon.com/s?rh=n%3A565108%2Cp_n_operating_system_browse-bin%3A2287320011
http://www.amazon.com/s?rh=n%3A565108%2Cp_n_operating_system_browse-bin%3A2287320011
03-24-2014 11:29 PM
better is to backup your files and then upgrades..
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