A.B.U

I got this upgrade pack from Vista -> Windows 7, and I was just wondering if anyone knew if I would need to like, store my songs/pics/etc onto an external HD before doing so? Or does it keep everything on my comp and it'll be good afterwords? Got a TON (60gb+) of music on my computer, as well as other stuff i'd need.

tldr; will upgrading to Windows 7 keep or delete my music and other files with the upgrade pack?

pythonfan

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Its been awhile, but during the install it will tell you it will make a backup of stuff you had in my docs, tho its always best to make a backup.


Let someone who has recently upgraded tell you tho, ive been on win7 for a while now.

A.B.U

Alright, thanks man.

Anyone else? Would like a second opinion/more facts before I jump ship.

Tried the beta out earlier this year and thought it was pretty cool.

DaveG55

Personally, I back up all my music and photos to an external hard drive. You never know when disaster can strike and I've got a lot of stuff I don't want to lose.
I just got a new laptop w/ Windows 7 and it has a file transfer thing where it tells you to label your old OS as the "old computer" and W 7 as the "new computer" and then it moves stuff. And yes, pics and music are moved as well as favorites and lots of other stuff.
I've also heard that the W7 upgrade from Vista is not a "full" version of W7, IE not the same as starting from scratch with a blank HD and W7. IDK, that's just what I've heard.

A.B.U

Alright, I went ahead and bought a pretty big external HD so I'll swap all my music over to it and i'll go ahead with the process

thanks.

A.B.U

Oh, last question, anyone know if I can go from 32-bit Vista to 64 bit 7? If it matters, I got like 4 gigs of ram.

gelbschnee

ABU:

It is not necessary to backup your personal files when you do an upgrade installation (from vista to 7) but i highly recommend having a backup of your personal files. If you do an Upgrade installation (stress on the Upgrade part, not a CLEAN install) your files will be preserved.
However, if you are going to switch from 32bit to 64bit you cannot do an upgrade installation. You can only do a clean install. I would recommend using 64bit windows if you ever need more than 4 gigs of ram. If you plan on sticking with 4 gigs of ram then you should go to 32 bit for the easy of an upgrade installation.

annie_himself

Is 7 a new OS?

Ttam Says Blarg

Yes

gelbschnee

Honestly I think it's more of a new GUI than anything...it's still windows XP underneath the covers.

iexion

Sorry not buy'yn this Vista upgrade.... I mean Windows 7 [sm=surprised.gif]

Eman77

I've heard positive things so far from our support/helpdesk guys at work about 7, so that's a good thing. They did not like Vista at all (didn't want to upgrade everyone in the company to it nor support it, so they didn't). I think that if they like it, that's a pretty positive indicator.

That said, I just rebuilt my PC at home with XP this summer, so I'm not bothering to do an OS reinstall (I don't do upgrades) for a while. No 7 for me, for a while.

gaffrig

Back up everything you want to keep. And maybe some of the stuff you don't want to keep. And maybe wait about a month or two to see how 7 shakes out. There were a lot of early Vista users who wished they had waited. Every new release has a few (or more) bugs to be worked out. Has been since I upgraded from MS-DOS. I'm sure some of you remember that.

DaveG55

Heck yeah I remember DOS. Well, I remember having to use it, I don't think I remember enough to do it today.
Remember when 256meg was a HUGE hard drive?

So far, 2 weeks in, Window 7 is working well for me - not a single problem as yet.

gelbschnee

Yeah, I've been using it for a few months and a friend of mine has been running the release candidate since early this year...it seems pretty good so far.

ThunderbirdJunkie

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C:\\program files\games\DragonsLair

gelbschnee

my fave is

c:\program files\nethack\nethack.exe


[8D][8D]

oh..yeah..and windows7 is fun in the sun.

ThunderbirdJunkie

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Please, somebody tell ThunderbirdJunkie they remember Netbus, and the fun it made for us over a decade ago

Bout time you peeked out from under that rock

gelbschnee

hmmm I wasnt much of a computer whiz at the age of 8 but netbus looks like it could be fun[8D]

ThunderbirdJunkie

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oh god it WAS

gelbschnee

yeah that kind of thing got me in lots of trouble in high school...except there were macs in the computer lab. let's just say that if I didn't want the school server to work...it wouldn't work....[8D]