Upgrade from XP to 7

hellarda · 30 Dec 2009 at 08:40

hi,
currently i hav windows xp on dell dimension 5000, i want to upgrade to windows 7, i will be buying windows 7 ultimate 32 bit upgrade, will i be able to upgrade from windows xp using the upgrade disc? as i understand you have to do a clean install, will i be able to do this with an upgrade disc.

if i cant do that with an upgrade disc, i have a spare copy of windows vista home premium 32 bit. would i be able to install that over the top of xp and then install win 7 ultimate as an upgrade or would it require me to have vista ultimate?

any help will be appreciated

cheers

ali

mattyfez · 30 Dec 2009 at 08:59

Think you wil have to upgrade to vista first -
Clean instal rather than upgrade is preferable in this case.

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd772579(WS.10).aspx

hellarda · 30 Dec 2009 at 09:13

so should i upgrade to vista then do a clean install? and will that be possible with only the upgrade version of 7?

mattyfez · 30 Dec 2009 at 09:17

No no, what I mean is, you will have to upgrade to vista, and then run your win7 upgrade.

What I meant was its better to just do a clean instal of win7 over the top of XP, but you cant do that with the upgrade versin of win7 I dont think - you would need the full version of win7 for that rather than the upgrade version.

hellarda · 30 Dec 2009 at 09:20

ok cheers, thats wat i thort would do (the upgrade), if that doesnt work ill think of somin else, so thanks

Daegan · 30 Dec 2009 at 09:22

Yes you can do a clean install using an upgrade disk, how else would XP users be eligible to upgrade.

Dom_UK · 30 Dec 2009 at 09:23

mattyfez said:
No no, what I mean is, you will have to upgrade to vista, and then run your win7 upgrade.

I could never be content with a system I'd done that to. It's just asking for problems.

You're right of course, Im just saying :cool:

mattyfez · 30 Dec 2009 at 09:27

Daegan said:
Yes you can do a clean install using an upgrade disk, how else would XP users be eligible to upgrade.

You will need to do a clean installation of Windows 7, or upgrade to vista first. you cannot upgrade XP directly.

As said, a clean instal is preferable to an upgrade.

Daegan · 30 Dec 2009 at 09:36

mattyfez said:
You will need to do a clean installation of Windows 7, or upgrade to vista first. you cannot upgrade XP directly.

As said, a clean instal is preferable to an upgrade.

Just to clarify, yes you can use upgrade media to do a clean install. That's the point I was making in response to you telling the OP you couldn't.

hellarda · 30 Dec 2009 at 10:24

thanks for the answers guys

JessicaD · 4 Jan 2010 at 18:00

Hellarda,

Prior to migrating to Windows 7 from Windows XP it would be best to run the Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor.To determine if your current computer configuration will be compatible with Windows 7 please go to the following link: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows-7/get/upgrade-advisor.aspx

Another resource to verify compatibility is available at the Microsoft Windows 7 Compatibility Center located at the following link: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/compatibility/windows-7/en-us/default.aspx

Jessica
Microsoft Windows Client Team