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New W7 SSD install, replacing Vista: saving personal settings question
Folks,
I'm currently running Vista64/Ultimate on a hard-drive. It's finally time for me to upgrade this computer to Windows 7 Home Premium. I decided to install W7 to a new SSD. (Fresh is best! Plus, if I'm ever going to plunge into a SSD, this is the time.)
When I install W7, the ONLY drive which will be in the machine will be the SSD. I will point the BIOS to that drive for the bootup. After I get W7 updated and running smoothly as a clean install, I will try to transfer all my files and settings from Vista to W7.
There are many tutorials for in-place upgrades. This is not what I'm doing. (I did not want to pay for W7/Ultimate, which would've been the only product MS states which would've allowed an in-place upgrade.) Since I'm "downgrading" from an Ultimate OS to a Premium OS, the "save settings" is not available. Also, I'd just as soon have a totally new install...
I'm hoping that with the machine booted off the W7/SSD and having the Vista/HD plugged in and available (but not the boot disk), the transfers will be smooth and easy.
How/where would I find a listing for the various personal settings and files and where they're located?
(All the many, many, many activated programs and games will be a nightmare to reactivate. I know there's no way around that bugaboo, but I would like to ease my transition from Vista to W7 as much as I can by getting all the rest of my settings transferred easily.)
Thank you!
Ken