Windows XP 32-bit to Windows 7 Professional 64-bit

[FoxEye]

Hey, reinstalling all my programs is half the fun!

Never used Zinstall; I just prefer the fresh, clean feel of a new install on a wiped partition

I can't say I've ever been bothered by reinstalling my apps; firefox etc have options to backup all your bookmarks and other data.

Course I wouldn't dream of doing a format if the user had only one partition! But I have like... 5. When I format the Windows partition, all I lose is windows, some apps + registry entries. And putting that back on the new install takes like 5 minutes.

Tbh mate, if I'm installing a new OS I make sure beforehand that it'll work. Having XPs files around for no reason isn't something I see as an advantage

 

[FoxEye]

For XP, a clean install is necessary, however you *MUST* let the installer wipe the XP partition if you plan on doing that, *NOT* use any other tool (FDISK, Gparted) to do it beforehand.

Also I guess my sentence wasn't clear? "if you plan on doing that" refers to "if you plan on wiping your partition" not "if you plan on doing a clean install."

 

[MagicBoy]

I went on the M6292 course a few weeks back. The advice was that Microsoft unofficially say an XP to Windows 7 upgrade is a bad idea due to the amount of crap and cruft. If you've got to re-install all your apps, then backup your data and start from fresh then copy back what you need. If it was that good an idea then MS would have written a tool to do it. They didn't and decided only to allow an in-place upgrade from the same platform release of Vista.

I certainly wouldn't trust my data to an 3rd party tool. I'd rather clean the slate then do the work manually myself so I know it's been done properly.