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Need advice upgrading from Windows XP to Windows 7

Nicecupoftea — Mon, 24 Mar 2014 19:21:08 GMT

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.

Re: Need advice upgrading from Windows XP to Windows 7

glb613 — Mon, 24 Mar 2014 19:36:15 GMT

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

Re: Need advice upgrading from Windows XP to Windows 7

Pilotte — Mon, 24 Mar 2014 19:52:27 GMT

Try going to Mozilla Firefox instead.

Re: Need advice upgrading from Windows XP to Windows 7

Nicecupoftea — Mon, 24 Mar 2014 20:08:11 GMT

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?

Re: Need advice upgrading from Windows XP to Windows 7

Akane — Mon, 24 Mar 2014 20:16:24 GMT

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

This makes no sense.

Re: Need advice upgrading from Windows XP to Windows 7

Akane — Mon, 24 Mar 2014 20:18:01 GMT

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.

Re: Need advice upgrading from Windows XP to Windows 7

Nuttmeg — Tue, 25 Mar 2014 02:43:42 GMT

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.

Re: Need advice upgrading from Windows XP to Windows 7

betteb — Tue, 25 Mar 2014 03:13:38 GMT

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.

http://www.sears.com/asus-a53u-as21-15.6-inch-laptop-mocha/p-SPM7882210413?prdNo=4&blockNo=4&blockType=G4

Re: Need advice upgrading from Windows XP to Windows 7

betteb — Tue, 25 Mar 2014 03:17:13 GMT

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

Re: Need advice upgrading from Windows XP to Windows 7

Meeras — Tue, 25 Mar 2014 03:29:58 GMT

better is to backup your files and then upgrades..

Re: Need advice upgrading from Windows XP to Windows 7

Nicecupoftea — Wed, 02 Apr 2014 16:46:44 GMT

On 3/24/2014 Meeras said:
better is to backup your files and then upgrades..

Yesterday I backed up all his files and then upgraded to Windows 7. Then I put all his files back in. DH is delighted with Windows 7.