Comments on: Windows 7 Upgrade Eligibility and Paths http://www.softwarenewsdaily.com/2009/10/windows-7-upgrade-eligibility-and-paths Software News Daily! Sat, 10 Jul 2010 17:25:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Jeremy http://www.softwarenewsdaily.com/2009/10/windows-7-upgrade-eligibility-and-paths/comment-page-1#comment-3332 Jeremy Tue, 30 Mar 2010 14:39:49 +0000 http://www.softwarenewsdaily.com/?p=2284#comment-3332 Sam, Yes, you are 100% upgrade eligible. Sam,

Yes, you are 100% upgrade eligible.

]]> By: Sam http://www.softwarenewsdaily.com/2009/10/windows-7-upgrade-eligibility-and-paths/comment-page-1#comment-3304 Sam Sat, 27 Mar 2010 23:09:17 +0000 http://www.softwarenewsdaily.com/?p=2284#comment-3304 My WinXP disc is an upgrade from a previous version. Am I Upgrade elligible? My WinXP disc is an upgrade from a previous version. Am I Upgrade elligible?

]]> By: Jeremy http://www.softwarenewsdaily.com/2009/10/windows-7-upgrade-eligibility-and-paths/comment-page-1#comment-260 Jeremy Mon, 02 Nov 2009 16:25:42 +0000 http://www.softwarenewsdaily.com/?p=2284#comment-260 If you purchase a new HD and install Windows 7 on it, then you would have to re-install all of the applications that you had installed on the Windows XP hard drive on the new Windows 7 drive. That is not what an "upgrade path" is. An upgrade path is considered a scenario where you convert the operating system on one hard drive to a newer operating system without having to format the drive or completely re-install the OS. You are correct about having access to all of your old Windows XP files, because they will reside a different disk, but the applications will not be usable on the Windows 7 drive until they are re-installed on that particular drive. You are still eligible to purchase an Upgrade to Windows 7 however, because you own a previous version of XP. If you purchase a new HD and install Windows 7 on it, then you would have to re-install all of the applications that you had installed on the Windows XP hard drive on the new Windows 7 drive. That is not what an “upgrade path” is. An upgrade path is considered a scenario where you convert the operating system on one hard drive to a newer operating system without having to format the drive or completely re-install the OS. You are correct about having access to all of your old Windows XP files, because they will reside a different disk, but the applications will not be usable on the Windows 7 drive until they are re-installed on that particular drive. You are still eligible to purchase an Upgrade to Windows 7 however, because you own a previous version of XP.

]]> By: Dave Ruttenberg http://www.softwarenewsdaily.com/2009/10/windows-7-upgrade-eligibility-and-paths/comment-page-1#comment-259 Dave Ruttenberg Sat, 31 Oct 2009 07:26:48 +0000 http://www.softwarenewsdaily.com/?p=2284#comment-259 Small hard disk drives are inexpensive... for example $60 - $80 or so can purchase a 320 GB drive... wouldn't this be an 'upgrade path' for Windows XP users? The scenario would be to install the drive, install a Windows 7 full version on the new hard drive. At this point, all data files should be totally safe and operable with compatible Windows 7 software. There's no need to backup the datafiles since they reside on a different disk drive than where the new Windows 7 operating system would be installed. I plan to go a step further and purchase Windows 7 Professional because it allows the use XP Mode, which allows the operation of old Windows comatible software. To accomplish this, one would download and install Windows Virtual PC and XP Mode software, both available free on the Microsoft.com... Microsoft informs that virtual mode must be set in BIOS, and that is very easy to do. After that, reinstalling old application software, MS Office, Adobe Photoshop, etc., will operate the datafiles. I assume at this point, one has created a dual boot machine with selection of WinXP or Win7 set by BIOS boot drive option... Anyone see any flaws or omissions in this plan? Small hard disk drives are inexpensive… for example $60 – $80 or so can purchase a 320 GB drive… wouldn’t this be an ‘upgrade path’ for Windows XP users? The scenario would be to install the drive, install a Windows 7 full version on the new hard drive. At this point, all data files should be totally safe and operable with compatible Windows 7 software. There’s no need to backup the datafiles since they reside on a different disk drive than where the new Windows 7 operating system would be installed.

I plan to go a step further and purchase Windows 7 Professional because it allows the use XP Mode, which allows the operation of old Windows comatible software. To accomplish this, one would download and install Windows Virtual PC and XP Mode software, both available free on the Microsoft.com… Microsoft informs that virtual mode must be set in BIOS, and that is very easy to do. After that, reinstalling old application software, MS Office, Adobe Photoshop, etc., will operate the datafiles. I assume at this point, one has created a dual boot machine with selection of WinXP or Win7 set by BIOS boot drive option… Anyone see any flaws or omissions in this plan?

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