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Re: "Upgrading" from Windows XP to Windows 7 in 5 Steps

bantlufnd — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 01:38:47 -0000

Sarah, please give me suggestion what to do for my locked i phone 3g which i brought 2 months back ?unfortunately today morning i updated my i phone and its showing black screen with usb cable wire and arrow towards an i tunes logo and iam my realy worryed because i byed that phone with my own pocket money without asking my parents and i realy worked hard to buy that iam a student and i haven't enjoyed it completely and i dont even remember which version it is please help me out of these danger

Re: "Upgrading" from Windows XP to Windows 7 in 5 Steps

bantlufnd — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 01:34:45 -0000

Sarah, please some one give me suggestion what to do for my locked i phone 3g which i brought 2 months back ?unfortunately today morning i updated my i phone and its showing black screen with usb cable wire and arrow towards an i tunes logo and iam my realy worryed because i byed that phone with my own pocket money without asking my parents and i realy worked hard to buy that iam a student and i haven't enjoyed it completely and i dont even remember which version it is please some body help me out of these danger

Re: "Upgrading" from Windows XP to Windows 7 in 5 Steps

Mac, Computer, Mississauga — Fri, 25 Dec 2009 00:38:59 -0000

Clean install do the trick but you have to update your os and ie. Also some application my need to be reinstalled
http://www.computerstar.ca/

Re: "Upgrading" from Windows XP to Windows 7 in 5 Steps

extomas — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 04:41:48 -0000

In my personal opinion upgrading from one version to another isn't good decission, because:
it takes more time
it gives more problems, misunderstanding and etc.
your system becoming slower

My offer is to backup your working files in separate partition or hard drive;
All my document files move to another partition too (there is possibilitu to do it easily)
On desktop keep only shortcuts to real documents
After that is no worries about new instalation of new windows system.

Another way is keep your files online if you need. But I think that the biggest hosting market players like bluehost, host1plus or godaddy won't let you to do so...
What others think about it?

Re: "Upgrading" from Windows XP to Windows 7 in 5 Steps

sarahintampa — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 14:49:47 -0000

Actually, you'll be reformatting during the install process. I didn't go into the details of using the Windows 7 installation wizard as this was more of an overview than a step-by-step guide, but it's essentially the same process as you remember from before, it's just that the screen is a lot prettier now. :)

When you install the OS, you're asked if you want to do an upgrade or a clean (custom) install. You'll want to do the custom install. On the next screen, you'll be able to pick which partition you want to use. You'll see options to delete and reformat partitions there, too. This is where you'll be able to reformat your drive.

I found this article which has some nice screenshots of what I mean: http://www.thebestcasescena...

Re: "Upgrading" from Windows XP to Windows 7 in 5 Steps

VicVicVic — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 14:36:46 -0000

Hello, Sarah, thanks for a wonderful post. I have bookmarked this and will follow these steps when upgrading from XP to Windows 7. One quick question regarding step 4: Install Windows 7 and Your Applications.

I want to do a clean installation, as in wiping my hard drive completely clean. In the past, when I reformat my computer while using Windows XP, I pop in the Windows XP disk and then restart my computer. From there, I choose to reformat my hard drive in that blue screen with nothing but text. I have never done any reformatting directly from Windows before (as in Windows with all the flashy colors and such, as opposed to the blue screen). Can I do a clean installation using the easy wizard you pointed out, or will I have to go through the blue screen thing after restarting my computer?

I hope this makes sense. Thank you.

Re: "Upgrading" from Windows XP to Windows 7 in 5 Steps

mellieReed — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 23:21:11 -0000

Really nice job, Sarah! Clean and simple, like the install should be.

Re: "Upgrading" from Windows XP to Windows 7 in 5 Steps

Catto — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 13:50:16 -0000

Hey Now Sarah,

Very helpful Plst. Here are some of the top features of 7 IMHO http://chriscatto.blogspot....

Thx 4 the info,
Catto

Re: "Upgrading" from Windows XP to Windows 7 in 5 Steps

Catto — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 13:47:48 -0000

Hey Now Sarah,

Good post, very helpful.

Thx 4 the info,
Catto

Re: "Upgrading" from Windows XP to Windows 7 in 5 Steps

sarahintampa — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 07:57:02 -0000

Yes, you should always deauthorize before removing iTunes (which is
essentially what you're doing with a clean install). However, Apple
gives you 5 authorizations under your account, so it's not a big deal
if you forget. I'm not familiar with deauthorizing Adobe products.

Re: "Upgrading" from Windows XP to Windows 7 in 5 Steps

sarahintampa — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 07:56:02 -0000

Re: "Upgrading" from Windows XP to Windows 7 in 5 Steps

JonofSMA — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 15:43:11 -0000

Will this process require reauthorizing applications like Photoshop or iTunes? Should we deauthorize the apps first before this process or will the reinstall of them go fine?