From: philo@invalid.not
On 02/25/2011 10:09 PM, Jack Crenshaw wrote:
> 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.
>>
Your story is very fishy.
If I had software worth $20k you can bet I'd have safeguarded it.
If your story is true about the movers losing it...then it's your fault
for not collecting the value from them
>> 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.
>
> Jack
>>
>>
>
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