Windows 7 upgrade on XP and Vista

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Published on 2011-02-05T10:16:07Z Indexed on 2011/02/05 15:27 UTC
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I am upgrading a Windows XP (32-bit) machine and a Windows Vista (32-bit) machine to Windows 7 (32-bit). The most important files and accounts are on the Windows XP machine.

What I would like to do is the following:

backup the XP machine using Windows Easy Transfer
upgrade the Windows Vista machine to a fresh install of Windows 7
install the XP backup on the Vista machine and see if everything is working

Is this possible? I would have thought its possible as once the Vista machine is upgraded to Windows 7 it should be the same as if I had upgraded the XP machine, but I don't want to waste my time if its not.

Thanks

Windows 7 upgrade on XP and Vista

Posted by icc97 on Super User See other posts from Super User or by icc97
Published on 2011-02-05T10:16:07Z Indexed on 2011/02/05 23:27 UTC
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I am upgrading a Windows XP (32-bit) machine and a Windows Vista (32-bit) machine to Windows 7 (32-bit). The most important files and accounts are on the Windows XP machine.

What I would like to do is the following:

backup the XP machine using Windows Easy Transfer
upgrade the Windows Vista machine to a fresh install of Windows 7
install the XP backup on the Vista machine and see if everything is working

Is this possible? I would have thought its possible as once the Vista machine is upgraded to Windows 7 it should be the same as if I had upgraded the XP machine, but I don't want to waste my time if its not.

Thanks

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