Will I lose all of my files with upgrade?

So if I were to just do an upgrade from Vista to 7 would I have a ton of incompatible programs? The only programs I really use often are Firefox, Office2007, Live Messenger 2009 (Beta) and Utorrent. Am I going to have any issues with any of these?

And are you guys saying that if I upgrade to the 6956 build it will possibly give me the option to upgrade to the public beta when it releases?

z3r010 said:

Not true.

I mounted my win7 iso with daemon tools from within Vista and installed it from there

hmmm...
i always got an error after the reboot that some files were missing....
tried a clean install and all was well
i tried even spinrite if it was the drive... ???
well if you say so...
i guess you can

element4life3 said:

So if I were to just do an upgrade from Vista to 7 would I have a ton of incompatible programs? The only programs I really use often are Firefox, Office2007, Live Messenger 2009 (Beta) and Utorrent. Am I going to have any issues with any of these?

And are you guys saying that if I upgrade to the 6956 build it will possibly give me the option to upgrade to the public beta when it releases?

yes if you choose the right architecture and from my understanding 6956 is 32 so when the beta comes just choose the 32 version to download....:)

as for the apps....
all of them are compatible....
you shouldnt have any trouble with them
you should really check here...
List of Supported apps in Windows 7 (6801/6956)
that reminds me i should add utorrent....lol

dan7777 said:

Hi, there folks keep getting BSOD this is the msg i get... STOP 0X0000007F(0X000000008050031,0X00000000000006F8,0XFFFFF800028A3953) anyone help on his matter. thanks for help in advance.:)

please create a new thread dan7777...

darkassain said:

yes if you choose the right architecture and from my understanding 6956 is 32 so when the beta comes just choose the 32 version to download....:)

as for the apps....
all of them are compatible....
you shouldnt have any trouble with them
you should really check here...
List of Supported apps in Windows 7 (6801/6956)
that reminds me i should add utorrent....lol

Thanks a bunch!! I decided to go the DVD route and am going to try the upgrade, and as long as all of those programs work i should be good! :)

element4life3 said:

Thanks a bunch!! I decided to go the DVD route and am going to try the upgrade, and as long as all of those programs work i should be good! :)

glad you got your question anwser...
just remember...
32 with 32
64 with 64

darkassain said:

glad you got your question anwser...
just remember...
32 with 32
64 with 64

Yes I always remember that. 64 bit wouldnt even work with my comp anyways. I'm about to start the upgrade so wish me luck!

NormCameron said:

As this is a pre-beta I would recommend you dual boot and keep your existing Vista install untouched. Remember it will probably time-bomb in January and you could lose the lot.

Norm

actually norm nothing has happend apart from the nagging...
you can still create and save documents...
and you can install programs
although full screen programs are impossible due to the nagging
i believe you cannot use aero and the goodies that you get...lol