Upgrade from Vista Home Premium to 7


  1. Posts : 5
    Vista
       #1

    Upgrade from Vista Home Premium to 7


    Hi, Can anyone advice?

    I currently have Vista Home Premium and have bought Windows 7 Professional.. only to find that I will lose all of my files if and when I upgrade. I have emailed Microsoft and am waiting for a reply... I have made a backup from Vista on to an external hard drive... but would still have to install all progarms etc... is there any version of Windows 7 that I could upgrade to that would retain all of my files?
    I have ahad a rpoblem with Vista for months in that it will not install updates...

    Any suggestions greatly received...
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  2. Posts : 13,354
    Windows 7 Professional x64
       #2

    Welcome!

    Have you considered using the Easy Transfer tool?

    Windows Easy Transfer - Transfer To & From Computers

    You can also fool Windows 7 into thinking you are upgrading from Vista Professional.

    Open regedit, and navigate to HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\Current Version.

    Change Edition ID to Professional, and Product Name to Windows Vista Professional.
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  3. Posts : 313
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64 SP1 clean install
       #3

    Hi and welcome to Seven Forums!

    I'm afraid you can't upgrade from Vista Home Premium to 7 Professional.
    All your files will be in the Windows.old folder that the installer will create.
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  4. Posts : 13,354
    Windows 7 Professional x64
       #4

    I forgot to mention in my last post that if you use the Easy Upgrade tool, you can do a clean install. See this tutorial: Clean Install with a Upgrade Windows 7 Version

    Sorry about that.
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  5. Posts : 5
    Vista
    Thread Starter
       #5

    Regedit doesn't seem to work..


    Hi Jonathan, at this rate it would be cheaper for me to have bought a new computer.. £200 for Windows 7... the regedit doesn't work I am afraid to say.. it stills says Home Premium.. prob sees the OEM code etc...

    any other suggestions?
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  6. Posts : 13,354
    Windows 7 Professional x64
       #6

    Yes, use the Easy Transfer tool to backup your data, then do a clean install.

    You will still need to reinstall your programs, but it will tell you exactly what needs to be reinstalled.

    At least it's better than a clean install.
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