![]() Informally we already know from my Upgrading Windows XP Professional SP3 to Windows 7 Ultimate (beta build 7000) article that presently you can only perform an actual in-place upgrade from Windows Vista to Windows 7. I come to expect that as Windows 7 is in beta release and all of the final coding hasn’t been formalized as of yet. The Windows Vista upgrade options from prior installations of Windows XP and Windows 2000 are shown on the Microsoft website on the Get Windows Vista: Upgrade options page which shows you which installations allow an in-place upgrade and on which ones you’ll need to perform a clean install.Īt the time I was writing this article I was unable to find formal upgrade paths from Windows Vista to Windows 7 anywhere on the Microsoft website. – In most cases, when an in-place upgrade is halted because one of the conditions above is not met, the installation routine will generally offer you the ability to do a custom installation which could be a clean install or if the disk space is available on another volume, a dual / multi-boot configuration. ![]() You can perform an in-place upgrade from Windows Vista (English) to Windows 7 (English) if you were running a localized version of Windows Vista for another language and attempted to install Windows 7 (English) the installation routine would fail. ![]() In-place upgrades need to be from the same Windows language.In-place upgrades will work when you’re upgrading from “like” installations such as from a 32-bit version of Windows Vista to a 32-bit version of Windows 7, or from 64-bit version to 64-bit version.In-place upgrades are the preferred installations when you want to preserve your settings and other data, currently installed programs, etc.According to the information on the Microsoft Website I referenced, if you don’t have Service Pack 1 installed you will not be able to perform the in upgrade to Windows 7. You need to be running Windows Vista with Service Pack 1.Other important things to remember when contemplating an in-place upgrade: – How to back up a PC is a very good write up that can be found on the Microsoft website that breaks down backing up PCs running Windows Vista as well as Windows XP. While 99.99% of the time an in-place upgrade of supported hardware and pre-installed software will allow the operating system upgrade to go smoothly there is no point in risking critical data by skipping a step. One of the first aspects to consider when doing an in-place upgrade is to make sure you back up any data on the system that you must preserve. īecause the content is still under development and in beta release it is a preliminary tutorial and is subject to change upon the final release of this new version of Windows. The version of Windows 7 that I am using for this walk through is Windows 7 Ultimate edition, build. – It is important to note that Windows 7 is only in beta release at the present time. This article is a complete walk through on the steps taken to upgrade your Windows Vista Ultimate installation to Windows 7 Ultimate edition. Windows 7 is the next generation of operating system due from Microsoft and it is still working on a planned release for early 2010 which would be three years after the release of Windows Vista.
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