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Re: [RTTY] QST article about Win XP

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Subject: Re: [RTTY] QST article about Win XP
From: Ben Antanaitis - WB2RHM <wb2rhm@wb2rhm.com>
Date: Sun, 23 Mar 2014 17:40:08 -0400
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Al,

Sorry, but your advice is dangerous to apply in all cases of Win XP to Win 7/8 upgrading/migrating:

Al: "You cannot upgrade Windows XP to Windows 7 by simply updating the installed instance of Windows XP. You have to do a clean install, which means reinstalling all your programs and settings. In that regard, an "upgrade" from Windows XP to Windows 7 is no different than installing Windows 7 on an older PC with no operating system already installed. A "clean install" is not an upgrade in the context of how the software is installed. It's about the process, not the end result!"

If you are planning to use the PCMover option from LapLink, you MUST NOT USE A CLEAN INSTALL.... you use a CUSTOM Install....... the PCMover program make a "shadow copy/full backup" of your Windows XP system in its Windows.old folder, and uses this custom info to migrate your APs, data, compatible drivers, info, etc........ a CLEAN Install would wipe out all of your customized Win XP info. PCMover needs your Win XP data to migrate your XP system to Win 7/8 AND IT allow the PCMover "UNDO/RECOVER" option to do a 'back-out' of the entire XP to Win 7/8 update if something goes wrong.... once again this is an RTFM moment!

It appears that you are not aware of all the options people have in the Win XP to Win 7/8 migration process...........

Please, read my last posting, and then read the information provided by the links therein........

73,

Ben - WB2RHM





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