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Windows XP backup onto a Windows 7 computer?

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I have a backup from a windows XP operating system. I am now getting a windows 7 computer. I would like to keep my programs. What will happen if I restore my windows xp backup to the windows 7 computer?

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If it was a disk backup - you will get an XP system similar to the old one you had (if it boot becasuse of difference in hardware). If you restore only Program Files folder, it will not work at all. You can't migrate installed programs that way, only by reinstallin them on Windows 7.

Well, what you could do is migrate your XP backup onto the Windows 7 computer and reinstall Windows 7.

The backup migration is complicated because there is a different computer. Acronis sells the Plus Pack that enables the creation of a new recovery CD with Universal Restore. This is not an easy process, but it might be worth a try.

If you have the OEM win 7 DVD handy, you can still try this "hack":
- install ATI, create a recovery CD, boot on the CD, create an all partition backup of your NEW computer to a USB Disk. THis way you can go back to factory install easily,
- install ATI on the XP computer, create an all partition backup of your OLD computer to a USB disk.
- restore the OLD computer backup on the new computer.
- boot on the Win7 DVD and install Win7 on the computer. The Win7 upgrade works really well. I hope it works from an OEM DVD. This upgrade will leave your programs and settings and content in very good shape.
- if this process fails, you can restore your NEW computer backup, reinstall your apps and restore only your user content from the OLD computer.

If I were you, I would reinstall my programs and move my content to get a clean new system. Your call.

Pat:

You can't upgrade directly from Windows XP to Windows 7 - you have to do a clean install of Windows 7. Programs and user files are not preserved during this process.

Jay:

The best upgrade advice for a Windows XP user is to bite the bullet and do a clean installation of Windows 7 from scratch. You won't regret it. Use your image of the XP system to extract user files and transfer them to the new computer.

Right. That works only for Vista. Thanks for correcting me.

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows7/help/upgrading-from-windows…