Need advice upgrading from Windows XP to Windows 7

Nicecupoftea · ‎03-09-2010

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.

glb613 · ‎03-09-2010

I wouldn't recommend it because upgrades seldom work well. Buy new.

Pilotte · ‎05-30-2010

Try going to Mozilla Firefox instead.

Nicecupoftea · ‎03-09-2010

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?

Akane · ‎03-09-2010

On 3/24/2014 Pilotte said:
Try going to Mozilla Firefox instead.

This makes no sense.

Akane · ‎03-09-2010

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.

Nuttmeg · ‎03-09-2010

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.