Upgrade from XP to Windows 7
Step 03 — Choose files or settings
You’ll have to wait briefly while the wizard scans your system to see what files and settings can be transferred – results will be presented in a ticklist. It divides the files into those kept by the main user (“asus” in our example) and Shared items, but if you want to see more details, click Customize. This will bring up a list of all the types of files it’s currently set to back up, including Desktop items, Favorites and Program settings.If you don’t want a particular element to make the move to your new system, just deselect it. If you need finer control, clicking the Advanced button at the bottom will take you to a full file tree, so you can specify files and folders to keep.
SAVE YOUR VITAL DATA Having chosen the files to keep, click through and you’ll be asked if you want to protect your backup with a password. Unless there are sensitive files, you can skip to the next step. You’ll be asked to name your set of files; choose something you’ll recognise easily later, such as “Windows XP transfer files” and browse to where you’ll save your data, as discussed in step 2. In our case, it’s a USB stick
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... and at some point install W7?
Between step 6 and step 7 is there an upgrade to Win 7? One presumes so but perhaps a note to say whether this is basically a clean install that will not only require the restoration of files and settings from the from the backup but will also require re-installation of all the software!
By jecook on 29 Oct 2009 
... and at some point install W7?
Between step 6 and step 7 is there an upgrade to Win 7? One presumes so but perhaps it would have been useful to include a step to say whether this is basically a clean install that will not only require the restoration of files and settings from the from the backup but will also require re-installation of all the software.
By jecook on 29 Oct 2009
Clean install with Upgrade Win 7...
Doing a clean install has it's problems if you have an Upgrade copy of Win 7, as us academic licence folks do. Thankfully there was a fix in the help forum:
http://www.maximumpc.com/article/howtos/how_use_yo
ur_windows_7_upgrade_disk_fresh_pc
(Greemble posted it)
By cats_five on 24 Nov 2009
Print tutorial
I there a way to prin the XP to 7 tutorial?
By CliffordKay3 on 18 Dec 2009
Don't upgrade
You really are only wasting time and money.... if you really wanna try something new - try a completely different OS! Linux or Mac
By nicomo on 20 Feb 2010
Firing Squad...
Don't do it. If you must do it Dual boot it.
If your buying Vista or 7 go for the ones with downgrade rights so you can keep XP as needed.
Looking back in 10 years I'll wager Vista and 7 will be seen at least as a black spot in Microsoft's record, or at worst the start of their decline.
By Gindylow on 13 Apr 2010
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