From: mort@cloud9.net   
      
   Jack Crenshaw wrote:   
   > I just bought Windows 7, and want to install it in my computer currently   
   > running XP SP3. My question: Will Win7 install while keeping my apps in   
   > place, or is it going to wipe my whole HD first?   
   >   
   > I have one very expensive app that would be hard to re-install (CD-ROM   
   > lost in move). So I'm hoping the Win7 install will preserve the   
   > installed apps.   
   >   
   > Jack   
      
   Hi,   
      
   I have no first hand knowledge of this, but have read that to go from XP   
   to 7 means a clean install = your hard drive gets wiped out. Is 7 that   
   much better than XP SP3 that such action is warranted? Could you   
   possibly back up all your data, do the upgrade, and then reinstall? I   
   may be too old fashioned, but so far I'm staying with XP SP3 on my older   
   laptop.   
      
   Good luck.   
      
   Morton Linder   
      
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