Upgrade Windows XP to Windows 7 Home Premium

[MiDKompjuteri]

I have a machine with Windows XP and i want to upgrade to Windows 7 Home Premium. I have to make only upgrade because I have some programs for some machines and I don't have a CD to reinstall them. So I try to do simple upgrade but it show Error that I cant do that. So is there some tricks to to or I have to make clean installation of Windows 7?

 

[yotoprules]

The only way to properly upgrade is to upgrade to vista first, then 7. But people say that aint reccommended.

 

[AddRAM]

With XP you have to clean install, there is no upgrade path from XP to 7

https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd772579(v=ws.10).aspx

 

[LMiller7]

There is no direct upgrade path from XP to Windows 7 and that is essentially what the error is telling you. A custom install is supported but it does not preserve applications. To do an upgrade that preserves applications you would have to first install Vista. A double upgrade of such an old OS is often troublesome.

Upgrading from Windows XP to Windows 7 - Windows Help