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In the last article I describe how you can upgrade Windows Vista to Windows 7, and now I will describe how you can upgrade Windows XP to Windows 7.

To upgrade Windows XP to Windows 7 it’s a little bit hard than to upgrade Windows Vista to Windows 7, and to make this upgradation you’ll need to select the Custom option during Windows 7 installation. To make this upgrade of software, you need an external hard disk to move your files off of your PC before you install Windows 7(for more detail read step 2), and the original installation discs or setup files for the programs that you want to use with Windows 7, because you’ll need to reinstall your programs by hand after installing Windows 7.

Before to install the Windows 7, you should be sure what of the versions of Windows 7 you will install: 32-bit or 64-bit. On the Windows 7 CD exists the both versions of Windows 7(32-bit and 64-bit).

To be sure what version of Windows you are running on your computer, follow these steps:

A: Right click on My Computer;

B: Then click Properties;

C: If you don’t see x64 Edition under System, that mean you running a 32-bit version of Windows XP, else if you see x64 Edition under System that mean you running a 64-bit version of Windows XP;

Next I will present the steps that you should follow to have a clean installation of Windows 7 over Windows XP.

Step 1: Download and run the Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor

To be sure that your computer is compatible with Windows 7, to see that your hardware, devices, or programs are compatibles with Windows 7 requirements, you should download and run Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor. To make this, follow these steps:

1. Click here to download Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor;

2. Double-click the installation file saved to your PC;

3. If you agree the license terms, click Install;

4. Click Close;

5. Double-click the Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor shortcut on your PC’s desktop;

6. If appear a security warning, click Yes;

7: Click Start check – the program will scanning your computer hardware, devices, and installed software;

8: Read the report carefully, and make note of any issues that the Upgrade Advisor finds and what the recommended steps are to fix these issues;

Info: Microsoft recommendation is to running twice the program before to start the upgradation.

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