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| Thread ID: 102044 | 2009-08-05 08:38:00 | Installation Help For Windows 7 Release Candidate | vims213 (15007) | Press F1 |
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| 798401 | 2009-08-05 08:38:00 | Hi there, I'm upgrading from Vista Home Premium to Windows 7 RC and I have a few queries about it. 1) Is the 4.7GB DVD enough to fit the Windows 7 ISO? 2) If upgrading to Windows 7, will I lose all my word documents, music from iTunes, Programs, Video Clips etc? (This is upgrading, not wiping data) 3) I have an inbuilt back up system on my HP Laptop (HP Pavillion dv5-1209ax). If I upgrade to Windows 7, will I lose my back up (If I want to go back to Vista) HP didn't provide me any back up CD's. 4) Anyone that has Windows 7, could you give me some feedback about Windows 7 RC? Is it worth downloading? I don't like Vista!! :-) I know Windows 7 comes out soon, but I want to give it a go anyway. P.S. I asked Yahoo Answers but surprisingly, one person thought Windows 7 didn't exist and the other answers were basically crap. |
vims213 (15007) | ||
| 798402 | 2009-08-05 08:46:00 | 1) YTes 2) No. Some data may not be imported correctly, and if that is so then you can get it manually from a $upgrade folder in C drive. 3) If its on a recovery partition, no. 4) Yes. Its faster, more stable, and even sexier eye candy. Its actually intuitive to use too... Just keep in mind that Windows 7 RC will stop working next year around March. Blam |
Blam (54) | ||
| 798403 | 2009-08-05 09:01:00 | Agree with what blam6 said, its *well* worth trying! :) I wasn't a Microsoft fan boy, but after this, they're slowly converting me ;) |
Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 798404 | 2009-08-05 09:03:00 | Agree with what blam6 said, its *well* worth trying! :) I wasn't a Microsoft fan boy, but after this, they're slowly converting me ;) Windows 7 is finally an OS that'll satisfy the power users and the "simpler" users. Lets hope it stays that way.. |
Blam (54) | ||
| 798405 | 2009-08-05 10:55:00 | regarding Question #2 - ALWAYS pays to back up any data, music, what ever you dont want to lose. Sometimes it doesn't always go as planned and its a pain if something goes wrong and you dont have backups - for the amount of time it takes to "take precautions" - it sure saves a lot of heartache. light hearted side ----- Blimey am I reading that right chill :eek: I wasn't a Microsoft fan boy, but after this, they're slowly converting me ( Faints) Hang on get up --re read that :eek: ( faints again) :lol: |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 798406 | 2009-08-06 05:28:00 | regarding Question #2 - ALWAYS pays to back up any data, music, what ever you dont want to lose. Sometimes it doesn't always go as planned and its a pain if something goes wrong and you dont have backups - for the amount of time it takes to "take precautions" - it sure saves a lot of heartache. light hearted side ----- Blimey am I reading that right chill :eek: ( Faints) Hang on get up --re read that :eek: ( faints again) :lol: I tried the Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor and it told me that the only programs that will get affected was my anti-virus (ESET) and Diskeeper 2009 Professional Edition. Does iTunes, any PC Games etc. get affected. Also, if I have a separate recovery hdd partition, can I use that to recover back to Vista if I have any issues? Blam 6 told me it would not work, but I want to confirm from more people. It would be great not to buy recovery disks. |
vims213 (15007) | ||
| 798407 | 2009-08-06 05:43:00 | Most pcs with recovery partitions will let you create cd's or dvds to restore the system. Create the cd's / dvds instead. Then you wont have to buy them | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 798408 | 2009-08-06 05:59:00 | If any of your music is ripped wma copy protected files, you may no longer be able to use them.....even if you re-install Vista, as an activation is a new PC! | SolMiester (139) | ||
| 798409 | 2009-08-06 07:32:00 | If any of your music is ripped wma copy protected files, you may no longer be able to use them.....even if you re-install Vista, as an activation is a new PC! Luckily all my music is .mp3 but thanks for the advice. |
vims213 (15007) | ||
| 798410 | 2009-08-06 07:36:00 | Big problem here is your cannot upgrade from RC to RTM....so I suggest you make an image of Vista, then when you decide to switch to RTM restore from this Vista image then upgrade to W7 RTM... | Blam (54) | ||
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