morning all,

i am currently running vista on my computer but have recently acquired a copy of windows 7

if i change from vista to windows 7 does my computer automatically wipe my hard drive to start the computer from 'as new' or will my files,photos & programs be safe?

Alex

When i put 7 on mine last week there was an option to wipe it or save it.

Ps 7 is excellent much better than vista.

[Edited on 31/10/09 by Danozeman]

when i went to my microsoft 7 training day we were advised to back up format and install a new load...

must admit it dose run better if you do that as well

Yes, you can "upgrade" from vista to windows 7....

but I would never ever do that....

Wipe all remains of vista down the plug hole and start a fresh....

It should not matter if you loose your data. your BACKUP's will save you.

The wife's hardrive recently went pear shape.
No backups
Never seen any one so up set as then.
Fortunately the drive worked later enough too recover all the files.


So Please BACKUP BACKUP BACKUP

I did a fresh install - but it still put all my old files in 'Windows Old' on the C drive. So even though I did a back-up I still missed a few bits, and everything was still there in that folder. Very uselful.

BTW - REALLY liking Windows 7.

Update should work, but I took the opportunity to launch and nuke the entire site from orbit. or at least my OS drives

Make sure you have at least 2 backups and go for it with an update.

7 is a massive pile of win over vista, but close enough to not have any crazy new bugs.

I just did the upgrade on my work laptop as I didn't have enough time to wipe and rebuild - worked perfectly and the machine runs shed loads better on 7 (over Vista). The upgrade process did take over 4 hours though - but I do have a lot of stuff on my laptop.

Mark

Always backup the important stuff on to a separate physical disk.

For backing up Firebird & Thunderbird use Mozbackup it will back up and restore everything accounts, emails, settings & extensions -- but you need to run it for each mozilla program and each user account. The backup format uses a standard zip compression.

http://mozbackup.jasnapaka.com/

For general backup use Cobian backup it writes in standard Zip or RAR formats --- never ever use Microsoft backup programs --- Wityh different Dos/Windows versions Microsoft have changed backup file formats too often resulting in unreadable backups.


http://www.educ.umu.se/~cobian/cobianbackup.htm

The new Windoze is that good huh? Must say I've never really had any major problems with Vista dunno why everyone's complaining about it

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