XP too Windows7 question

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Carbone

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First of all, Im sorry for posting this here it wouldnt let me post on the correct place..
I have looked at the options of buying windows 7 (upgrade or full) and I believe I can upgrade but Im not sure. I have a computer that was custom built for me a few months ago. Its an XP SP3. Any information would be greatly appreciated! Thanks :)
 

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Carbone said:
First of all, Im sorry for posting this here it wouldnt let me post on the correct place..
I have looked at the options of buying windows 7 (upgrade or full) and I believe I can upgrade but Im not sure. I have a computer that was custom built for me a few months ago. Its an XP SP3. Any information would be greatly appreciated! Thanks :)
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The upgrade advisor will tell you if you can. Post you specs and we will tell you if you should.
 

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  • Manufacturer/Model
    Dell XPS420
    Memory
    6 gig
    Graphics card(s)
    ATI Radeon HD3650 256 MB
    Sound Card
    Intergrated 7.1 Channel Audio
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Dell SP2009W 20 inch Flat Panel w Webcam
    Hard Drives
    640 gb
    Cooling
    Fan
    Mouse
    Dell USB 4 button optical
    Keyboard
    Dell USB
    Other Info
    DSL provided by ATT
Carbone said:
First of all, Im sorry for posting this here it wouldnt let me post on the correct place..
I have looked at the options of buying windows 7 (upgrade or full) and I believe I can upgrade but Im not sure. I have a computer that was custom built for me a few months ago. Its an XP SP3. Any information would be greatly appreciated! Thanks :)
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Hallo Carbone, In regard to purchasing an upgrade or full version disk & assuming you have a legal copy of XP installed you may wish to have a look at this tutorial.

Clean Install with a Upgrade Windows 7 Version - Windows 7 Forums

Of course you will need to source out your drivers & reinstall your apps & software but at least you will have a clean slate.
I think you will find most people will tell you in place upgrades are very problematic as transfering your XP drivers & Software over to Seven you will run into compatibility issues. :)

EDIT; I added this second tutorial as it states you can do an in place upgrade from Vista to Seven but to do the jump from XP to Seven you have to do a clean (custom) install which you can do with an upgrade disk as described in the first tutorial link.

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/1818-upgrade-install-windows-7-a.html

This link also has the hardware requirements to run Seven
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Hewlett Packard, compaq presario CQ60-305AU
    CPU
    AMD Athlon QI-46 2.1 Ghz
    Motherboard
    Wistron 303C
    Memory
    2048 Mb DDR2 SD Ram
    Graphics card(s)
    NVidea GE Go Force 8200M G / 256Mb dedicated grapics memory
    Sound Card
    MCP78S NVidea High definition
    Monitor(s) Displays
    15.6" High Definition Brightview Widescreen
    Screen Resolution
    1336x768
    Hard Drives
    Toshiba MK2555GSX ATA
    Mouse
    Synaptics PS2/Touchpad
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