From: erik.vastm@sd.invalid   
      
   I caught a glimpse of Jack Crenshaw  on Fri, 25   
   Feb 2011 23:09:04 -0500, writing in alt.os.windows-xp:   
      
   >On 2/25/2011 9:55 PM, relic wrote:   
   >>   
   >> "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.   
   >   
   >Ok, Mort, thanks for the info.  As I implied in the OP, all my   
   >installation disks were "lost" (I think maybe with a little help from   
   >the movers) in a recent move.  One of the apps (Matlab) has an _UPGRADE_   
   >price of $20,000.  Might as well be infinity.   
   >>   
   >> 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.   
   >   
   >Sorry to hear that.  Just for curiousity, what good does it do to save   
   >the app, if it can't be executed????   
   >>   
   >> Yes, Windows 7 IS that much better than XP SP3.   
   >   
   >Sigh.  Guess I'll never know.   
      
   Something I have (nearly) always done is install the operating system to   
   C: drive and my programs to D: drive, with music on E: drive.   
      
   Whenever I reinstall the operating system to C: drive, my programs on D:   
   drive remain exactly how I left them. Some programs need to be   
   reinstalled but they all retain their settings.   
   --   
      
    Erik   
      
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