From: relic211@cjb.net   
      
   "Mort"  wrote in message   
   news:4d68502d$0$2552$607ed4bc@cv.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.   
      
   Close, but not quite.   
   All that was on the disk for XP gets saved in a directory named Old_Windows.   
   The apps are there too, but not executable usually because they aren't   
   registered in Windows 7's Registry.   
      
   Yes, Windows 7 IS that much better than XP SP3.   
      
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