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upgrade from Vista to Windows 7

belayer

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Posted November 15, 2011 at 6:08PM

I have installed Windows 7 on my PC, and want to upgrade my wife's laptop from Vista. I have bought Windows 7.

Can I do it without losing all her files, settings, emails etc.

I don't really want to reformat and start from scratch.

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Lazarus The 2nd

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Posted November 15, 2011 at 8:28PM

Have a look at this,

Upgrading from Windows Vista to Windows 7 Click here see Step 2 tab.

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ventanas

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Posted November 15, 2011 at 10:36PM

Provided it's a upgrade disc that you've got, and it qualifies as version (the right version of Vista to 7)and your not trying to upgrade 32bit to 64bit, then go ahead. Now done it four times and never had a problem. But it can take a few hours depending on what you've got installed, with long periods of seeming inactivity. Be patient.

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CFC23

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Posted November 17, 2011 at 10:41AM

I have recently done this with my laptop,totally agree with the advice given by ventanas.

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belayer

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Posted November 18, 2011 at 12:09PM

Thanks very much, will get the job done.

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