Upgrade from Wounded Vista

[BobZolto]

I have Vista Home Premium 64 on my machine and I'm pretty sure it has problems. Most applications work fine, but I have installation problems from time to time. I want to do a custom installation of Windows 7 and I am wondering if the problems with Vista could affect the upgrade.

 

[zigzag3143]

I have Vista Home Premium 64 on my machine and I'm pretty sure it has problems. Most applications work fine, but I have installation problems from time to time. I want to do a custom installation of Windows 7 and I am wondering if the problems with Vista could affect the upgrade.

Of course they can unless you do a clean install.

 

[whs]

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/1649-clean-install-windows-7-a.html

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/31402-clean-install-upgrade-windows-7-version.html

 

[BobZolto]

A clean install means I have to reinstall all my applications, etc., right? I thought a custom install would save things in an "old" folder and I could move the applications over. Is that still possible?

 

[KazeNoKoe23]

You're talking about an in-place upgrade, and yes it is still possible to do that, but given your problems, it's very possible you'd still have the same problems in 7.

 

[BobZolto]

Seems like my only viable option then is to do a clean install from the upgrade disc.

 

[whs]

Your programs you have to reinstall anyhow. There is no way around that. All you can do with the windows.old folder is to recover your files - maybe. It is a lot more prudent if you copy your files to a safe place yourself. An in place upgrade can be a real mess, believe me. Reinstalling your programs will be a minor task as to compared the fixes for the upgrade.