Install Win7 over XP
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you can use the upgrade media to install Windows 7 but you'll need to do a clean install. You can't do an in-place upgrade from XP to 7.
I would not go XP to Vista to 7. Too many upgrades and you'll end up with a mess of a system even if it did work at all.
Welcome to the forum by the way
I would not go XP to Vista to 7. Too many upgrades and you'll end up with a mess of a system even if it did work at all.
Welcome to the forum by the way
My Computer
- Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
- Too many to list.
- OS
- XP, Seven, 2008R2
- CPU
- AMD, Intel, VIA
- Motherboard
- Various
- Memory
- Corsair, Kingston, etc.
- Graphics Card(s)
- ATI, NVIDIA
- Monitor(s) Displays
- Samsung
- Hard Drives
- Maxtor, Western Digital
- Keyboard
- qwerty
- Internet Speed
- 22 Mb/s @ home, 1 Gb/s @ server
- Other Info
- All of my systems still run fastest on XP 32-bit for the most part. Win7 is fun to play with, but I still prefer XP for raw speed, security, and functionality.