Upgrading From XP To 7: The Bloated C Drive
Nov 27, 2009
I just performed an upgrade from Windows XP to Windows 7. Despite backing up all documents and settings to an external drive for subsequent, selective reinstallation, the upgrade appears not to have wiped and reformatted my C drive as I’d hoped, but to have ignored all files and folders on that drive, which remains 95% full. Despite the drive’s bloated status, opening My Documents in Win 7 reveals no files or folders. Can any tell me what happened, and how to access and/or remove these old files/folders?
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Jan 5, 2012
I have a laptop currently using Windows Vista Home Premium - 32 bit and I wanted to upgrade to Windows 7 with the Windows 7 Home Premium - 32 bit ISO I downloaded. I can't use the DVD upgrade since my laptop's DVD Drive got broken, and since I saw that it's possible to install Windows 7 using a USB Drive, I decided to try it. But I keep seeing in the internet that this option can install Win 7 by using a "clean install". I still wanted to keep my files in the laptop so I wanted to do an Upgrade instead of a clean install. So I wanted to know if it is possible to UPGRADE to Windows 7 from a USB Drive instead of a clean install.
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I'm looking to install a SSD drive for my windows 7 64bit custom rig I have. Currently I have everything on a 2tb internal HDD. I'm looking to keep everything the way it is and just place my windows on the new SSD.My first thought was unplug my HDD, install SSD install fresh Windows 7 on it, change boot up in bios to SSD first, plug HDD back in and delet windows off of it. Another thought was is it possible to install new SSD and move windows folders to it from HDD?My ultimate goal is to not have to reinstall all of my programs and to keep all my current settings.... I'm looking for the most painless and easiest set up of my new SSD drive and to just have windows on it.
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May 5, 2012
I have just upgraded to Win 7 and want to use old hard drive (Seagate 500 gb) as external usb drive. Other drives work just fine in the caddy. However, when I connect this Seagate drive it does not show up in disk management. In device management it does show as USB Mass Storage Device.
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Mar 31, 2011
I tried to replace all the old drives and put my old C in an e-sata toaster. It boots, runs fine etc, but get errors from the install disk. MS said the install disk was bad, sent it back to newegg who verified it was good.A friend (IT mgr.) said this upgrade methodology can be an issue. He said put the old drive back in, upgrade, then Backup an image and put it on one of the new drivesA old drive 160MB new 1TB I've read if I do this I'll end up with only 160 MB availableB Acronis seems to be the program to get, will it do this and keep the entire drive, all 1 TB available?Are the instructions with Acronis sufficient?Really stuck now for a month between crap MS Support and newegg saying the disk is good and really need to sort this now, I need my computer for work, Photographer and have images to deliver, reason to upgrade to Win7 64 is the Ram expansion for CS5The install disk just came back from newegg last night and I have reloaded the original boot disk back into the system and it functions normally.
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Oct 25, 2011
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Jun 17, 2012
I am upgrading my Hard Drive to an SSD and I was going to do a Clean install of Windows 7 but for some reason I can not find my Windows 7 CD including the case. I have the product key since it is in my computer but I just don't have the disk, What I should do.
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Feb 7, 2012
I have a Dell inspiron 1545 with a pretty measly hard drive of 135gb. I have an old hard drive from another laptop which is 320gb and i'm wanting to upgrade. I have done this before but i just used all the installation disks to reinstall windows and everything onto the new hard drive. This time however, i want to be able to copy the whole contents of my current hard drive onto the new one so that when i swap them over and i boot up the computer it contains the operating system, software and files that are currently on the 135gb hard drive. I presume there is some sort of wires, software and housing that i might need to achieve this. So far i have been pointed in the direction of this software pack (Apricorn EZ Upgrade Universal Hard Drive Upgrade Kit (SATA and PATA 2.5" Notebook Drives) Deals, #EZ-UP-UNIVERSAL - Expansys.com UK) but i was wondering if there was a cheaper way to perform the required task.
I was also wondering if the new hard drive will affect battery life. The new one spins at 7200rpm compared to the old at 5400rpm.
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Mar 11, 2011
I was wondering can I upgrade from windows 7 32bit to windows 7 64bit using a 64bit upgrade edition? I got told on another forum it works aslong as you input the product key AFTER the installation not during?
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Jul 15, 2010
I am considering going to 64 bit for gaming as I believe it would be better on the games. I now have Windows 7 Pro 32 bit running. The way I understand it you need to purchase a brand new 64 bit OS. So what do I do with my 32 bit OS just trash it
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Nov 17, 2011
time has come to upgrade my bfg gts 250 1gb o/c! What is the best card to get in the �100-150 mark.If you look at my specs as i ant a card that will run sweet and give me good fps in skyrim!elder scrools V.(it has to be nvidia)not a fan of radeon
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I have just bought 4 gig of ram to help speed up my computer but when I put it in, it says that only 2.93 gig usable. Is there a way to use this other gig that i have.
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I'm upgrading a computer's ram from 512mb to 4 gb. The current OS is Windows Xp Home and switching it to Windows 7. In order for the computer to see 4 gb of Ram would I have to use a 64 bit Windows 7 regardless of hardware?
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Oct 7, 2011
I recently got a new computer, built it from the ground up for gaming. My school is part of MSDNAA fun time so I was able to get a free version of Windows 7 64bit service pack 1. I downloaded the files and it was an .iso file.
The first try, I ended up burning the .iso file its self to a disk with out mounting it then downloading the files onto the disk that way. So that didn't work.
The next thing I tried was downloading the actual files needed to install the OS onto a flash drive. The reason that didn't work was because I didn't format the flash drive correctly before I downloaded the files onto it. I then tried to format the flash drive but now I can't even open it or do anything else with it.
I ended up asking a friend who had a boot disk for Windows 7. The only problem is that he didn't know if it was 32 bit or 64. This disk actually worked... the only problem is that it's 32 bit.
I ended up getting another disk and downloaded the, what I believe, right files onto it. Popped it into my new computer to hopefully install the 64 bit version of the OS and over right the 32 bit version, or have it reformat my hard drive then install the OS. So far it isn't working.
Is there any advice I could get from you guys. I was thinking about wiping my hard drive and starting from scratch, hoping that the 64 bit disk I burned would work. So far, I haven't been able to actually wipe it, so I'm at a bit of a cross roads.
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I am currently running Windows 7 Home Premium on a basic HD. I recently purchased a new SSD and a full installation of Windows Ultimate.
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I'm looking for advice or recommendations on the best approach here. Should I do a full Win7 Ultimate install to the SSD and leave Win7 Home Premium on the secondary drive? Or, is there a better way to migrate files from the secondary drive to the new SSD and then format the old HD?
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I was looking up previous topics regarding upgrading to Windows 7 and was not really finding any definitive answers. I have been perfectly happy and content with Windows XP Home Edition SP3 and have been flirting with the idea of upgrading to Windows 7What brought me to this was I want to install and play Battlefield 3 which only runs on Windows 7. I have a nice system even by today's standards, so I ran the Microsoft's upgrade to Windows 7 app checker. It told me that most programs would be fine but there are some like K-lite's Codec Pack and such that it is unclear if there is compatability. Now I am not going to backup data, clean install Windows 7, and reinstall all programs and apps just to play one game.
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My pc is old.500gb space, 2gb ram.Tired of xp, I want to upgrade to win7 ultimate. I have original cd.One of the reasons im doing this is becoz, I'm a gamer and lot of new games are not supporting win xp anymore.
1. How to do it?
2. I have 180gb worth data on pc, is it possible to recover/keep data as it is without transferring it somewhere else (I have 4 drives)
3. can i have xp on 1 drive and win7 on other?
4. I dont know which version I have, I think its 32bit. My xp is also 32bit , does it matter?
5. I have all installation cd's, everything. what else do i need?
6. How to connect to internet in win7. I have win7 on my laptop and I dunno how to.
7. my Dvd drive is not working properly , my sis has win 7 in usb , can win 7 be installed from usb?
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Oct 26, 2012
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Oct 27, 2009
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I was woundering if anyone has this board and/or knows how much ram this motherboard can support?
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Sep 26, 2011
I am considering upgrading my laptop's RAM from 4 GB DDR3 to 8 GB DDR3. Currently my laptop contains 2 strips of the following memory:
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Also is it better to have 2 strips of 4 GB or would it be a better idea for me to buy 1 strip of 8 GB? what type of motherboard this laptop's got, I can't seem to find it anywhere... I've used CPU-Z, checked my laptop's manual and service guide but nothing to find there.
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Dec 11, 2012
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Jan 15, 2013
I'm looking to upgrade my CPU and Motherboard from what I currently have.I recently purchased a GeForce GTX 680 but I am seeing minimal improvement from my previous GeForce GTX 480, and have come to the conclusion its my CPU holding me back.
Current specs -
OS - Windows 7 Home
CPU - Intel i7 930 @ 2.80GHz
Motherboard - Gigabyte X58A-UD5
I have been told in the past I cannot replace one and not the other due to my CPU/Motherboard being 1366 pin which is no longer in make.
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Aug 31, 2010
I am trying to upgrade from vista ultimate to 7 ultimate, I don't want to format, the only issue I am having upon upgrading is that there is not enough disc space on my drive to continue the upgrade.
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Sep 22, 2010
Although we have tutorials on this subject, I was impressed by this presentation of this common scenarioYou have to opportunity to print the entire tutorial and also to view the video.I can recommend this MS tutorial (and I don't always do that).Upgrading from Windows XP to Windows 7
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Sep 26, 2010
i Upgraded from win xp 32bit to Win 7 ultimate 32bit.i am upgrading my computers MoBo, Case, CPU, and CPU cooler.with all the new hardware. will i have to reformat? and if so. how do i go about doing it? Will i have to reinstall windows xp, than upgrade to windows 7. or can i just put in the win 7 cd and do it from there since its an upgrade version and not full version?
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Apr 25, 2011
I currently have a licensed Windows 7 x86 version installed on a desktop. I purchased a new SSD that I plan to use for the OS, Office, and some productivity applications. Games and media will remain on my existing 500GB hard drive. The hard drive currently holds my 32-bit installation of Windows 7. I want to install 64-bit Windows 7 on my new SSD and keep the data on my HDD.
Should I unplug my HDD when I install 64-bit Windows 7? If I plug in the HDD after installation will there be a conflict as to which OS should boot? I don't want to dual-boot or go back to x86, so I don't care about the windows installation on the HDD, just the data.
Should I keep my HDD plugged in with the new SSD and then install Windows 7 x64 to the SSD? Will that keep all of my HDD data intact?
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