Windows 7: Upgrade from Windows Vista

[sameagain2]

@computeractive can i upgrade from windows vista home basic straight to windows 7 utimate, without doing the clean install? thank you

[sk8er5751]

@sameagain2 no sorry

[sameagain2]

@sk8er5751 K just wondering, becuase after i downloaded the windows 7 upgrade advisor, and it scanned my computer it said i could straight upgrade to home basic and utimate. so yer

[allwyngidin]

hi i am using vista sp1..as the problem is that my system dows not suppoort windows 7..but it works fine in vista ..y beacsue my graphic driver does not support 7..so if i upgrade..will my vista driver will work for 7

[TheDXDan]

microsoft sais it all starts with a widows 7 pc

[RaveV2]

how do you get the dvd thing???????

[SanderPatrick]

I have a problem, I am Dutch, so... my computer its language is in Dutch. I installed Windows 7 Ultimate, but its language is English... So I have to make my whole computer in english language, does anybody/Computeractive know how I can do that

[alooolulyz75]

this guy's rating is so good!!

I Mean as the system rating is 1.0!

its actually by the lowest subscore

[sneakydiogo]

@StealthFilloN no

[CJHissle]

i got service pack 2

[REDLINEKNiFEY]

If you want to start from scratch so no files, can u do clean install ?

[DARTHZANRUIT]

@REDLINEKNiFEY Yes.

[THEKILL3RB0T]

Were you using a laptop or a desktop?

[StealthToast3r]

Are my files deffinatly going to be deleted?

[Hardrock4]

Please HELP !!! window 7 installed perfectly and when to the screen where l enter my computers details ... then it begins to load the screen where its says ''windows is preparing your computer for first time use ... Then Its says "Welcome" ... then its shuts down, restarts then l am left with a blank screen with a flashing cursor in the top left corner... Please Help all ideas welcome ???

[franzleo4]

I install windows 7 from windows vista starter but after expanding the files for about 27% the installation can't proceed.. it say's "Windows could not update the computer's boot configuration. Installation cannot proceed."

What is the problem in this?

[pilotsuperone1992]

do i lost my drivers by doing this? please someone answer

[robloxlover55]

@tubeguy918 It Was The Only Time I Installed 7

[robloxlover55]

Hey one day i beat the world record of installing windows 7 over vista!! it only took 10 minutes to install

[tubeguy918]

@robloxlover55 What's The Old Record?

[Yahoooo0100]

thanks

[simcity32]

@VirtusPatriaaa If your pc came with windows 7 i dont know, BUT if you bought windows 7 on the package just copy the code on the back.

[Flyersfan2018]

If I do the Upgrade to Windows 7, and i already have Pinnacle Studios 14 on it will i keep it

[Augiuxxx]

Plz answer if somebody knows!When i upgrade my vista ultimate to 7 ultimate , will i keep all my programs, drivers, files and settings?or i will need to install again?

[xbox7203]

@Augiuxxx yea but if u have vista home to 7 ultimate u have to do a clean installation

[SuperWindows78]

@Augiuxxx It will keep all your program drivers, file and settings.

[elderdragon777]

OMFG,we have the same name ..

[elderdragon777]

OMFG,we have the same name ..

[itzmeApolo]

Thanks man ;)

[A135S4656]

If I upgrade to Windows 7 from Vista will I still be able to keep Windows Mail, not the live version?

[secondlifeundergroun]

@A135S4656 Windows Mail is excluded from 7

[flarivs]

i just upgrade my vista to windows7 but the screen resolution change to a bit wider.. how to go back to my previous screen resolution?

[dkiu100]

what about home basic can it upgrade

[secondlifeundergroun]

@dkiu100 Yes, home basic can upgrade to Home Premium or Ultimate, I had Home Basic and clean installed Home Premium.

[Computeractive]

@boyils12008 I thought you could do this with a tool called Anytime Upgrade. The MS site says that this is no longer active and I couldn't find it in my virtual Vista computer. The only other thing I can think of is a new install I'm afraid. Tim

[secondlifeundergroun]

@Computeractive Hi, when I installed Windows 7 after an upgrade from vista at the last part of the installation it said: Installation was not succesful Windows is rolling back to previous version or something like that which really annoyed me after 5 hours of installing it, so I went ahead and did the clean install which took 15 minutes, what causes Windows 7 to roll back to Windows Vista? It really got me annoyed, its happened to lots of people 'upgrading from vista'. PM ASAP, thanks.

[giorgosole10]

thanks !!!!!!!!

[boyils12008]

hello nice work can you tell me how can i upgrade window vista to window vista ultimate ? I have the ultimate DVD thank you

[secondlifeundergroun]

Will windows 7 save your antivirus on?

[callmemiles]

Is it better to have usb devices (eg webcams, mice, printers, etc) plugged in while the installation is running or better to have them all unplugged?

[fba9398]

@99xstrenghtx99 you need windows 7 home premium it generatey comes with any windows 7 computer or you can buy it like at $100

[IAmMichaelMyers]

do you need to buy a specific windows 7 that upgrades or can I just buy the regular windows 7?

[fba9398]

@IAmMichaelMyers lets say you have windows vista ultimate then you have to get windows 7 ultimate and lets say you have windows vista home premium then you need windows 7 home premium you cannot pass for windows vista home premium to windows 7 ultimate YOU CAN'T

[IAmMichaelMyers]

@fba9398 thanks!

[secondlifeundergroun]

@fba9398 With home basic you can do Ultimate, Home Premium and Professional

[squeakmo1]

How long did you have windows vista before you upgrade to windows 7.

[TheMetalfreak360]

How do I backup my files? O_o (Yes, I know I am a noob at this... SRY)

[sirbigbut888]

@TheMetalfreak360 burn them 2 disk or copy to pendrive or external hdd

[ixy1987]

is it possible to upgrade from win vista home to win7pro using clean install ????

[ahmedgenius69]

@ixy1987

Yes, why not pm me i will tell you.

[VZIPTEAM]

@ixy1987 yes 

[TheLuky26]

just tell me is it permanent??

[wathna]

Great tutorial! I appreciate that but one question, what software did you use for the screen shot?

[VZIPTEAM]

camstudio lite

[TheMade1nquebec]

at 4:30 i got the same page as you but mine got a reboot and then i got a DOS window in the reboot and all i see is _ .... flashing on a black screen when i restart the computer i got the Dos page and then the black page with the _ no windows loading iv did the exact same thing as you

[disdain666666]

and what if is pirate windows and you go to download last things in instalation?

[Replic1ty]

I installed windows 7 yesterday using clean install, i had vista but i wanted to make a complete restart. when i chose clean it said that i had an installed operating system and that it was going to be moved to a folder called windows.old

when the install was succesfull all my programs was gone but when i open the hardrive C, everything in my download folder etc is still there.

1. did i do a clean install or did i accidently press upgrade?

2. can i simply delete the folder called windows.old?

[MacPcPro]

does it keep all your files

[thormx47]

how do i do it without the disc? i just have a key....

[heatblade11]

Is 7 slightly faster than vista?

[trabad199]

@heatblade11 SLIGHTLY ITS MUCH FASTER 

[defaultname365]

@heatblade11 Varies depending on your system/hardware. If you run a lot of programs, Windows 7 seem to be able to handle them well compared to Vista. With Vista, there seems to be a tendency for it to become sluggish when there are a lot of programs running, either in the background or installed on your computer. Simply, Windows 7 does a much better job at handling your data/information/applications than Vista. Besides, even a 1Gb memory is sufficient to get Windows 7 running optimally.

[sheepnote]

@heatblade11 A LOT FASTER.

[laraguevarra]

does my file will be deleted if i upgrade?thanks.

[defaultname365]

@laraguevarra No it won't happen. All your documents and programs will remain after upgrade. However, some programs may be incompatible with the upgrade process but the installer will tell you which programs are incompatible.

[go302007]

hey ,, good tutorial ,,

but can i activate my upgraded windows 7 with original vista key ?? or i have to buy a new key for windows 7 ?? thxx :)

[SOF006]

This is a very good tutorial and I think its good how windows 7 scans and downloads drivers for you instead of you searching for the over the net.

[44Studios]

What happens if you dont back up the files?

[SOF006]

@44Studios well if the install fails you might loose all your data

[Hoopermazing]

Oh... by the bye. Apparently you CANNOT upgrade from Vista Home Premium (64bit in my case) to Win7 Pro 64bit. It will NOT let you do it. So, get that Synctoy (free) program from M$, and get to backing up your files. If you have Firefox, you can use the FEBE extension to back up your entire profile. Once you install Win7 and reinstall Firefox, FEBE will put it back the way it was on Vista... passwords, bookmarks, extensions etc...

[Hoopermazing]

...ironically, I just installed Win7 Pro 64bit on my desktop... minutes ago.

[Sup750]

My notebook has 2 gig RAM, 32 bit, 1.6GH processor, and runs Windows Vista Home BASIC. I just have 2?s:

1. Which version of 7 do I upgrade to? Home Premium?

2. I would really like a response for this: Is it worth it to upgrade from Vista to Windows 7?

[Hoopermazing]

@Sup750 Are you kidding? On a computer that slow (it's as slow and weak as my netbook) you should be running XP or some kind of Netbook Linux, Ubuntu Netbook Remix, Jolicloud etc...

[Sup750]

@Hoopermazing

The thing came with Vista. And also, someone told me that he had a notebook with pretty much the same specs and he's happy with it running Windows 7 on it.

[Hoopermazing]

@Sup750 Someone lied to you. Ask someone who actually knows a thing or two about netbooks (because that's what you're describing.) The less resource-intensive an operating system is, the better it will run on a netbook. On my netbook (1.6G Atom CPU & 2GB DDR2 RAM) Vista crawled, Win 7 wasn't any better, XP is alright and Ubuntu Netbook Remix and Jolicloud (before they ruined it with the version 1.0 update) scream. That's the bottom line. The choice is yours.

[Sup750]

@Hoopermazing

No, I trust the person who told me that. I also told other people my specs and they all told me to upgrade. And the Win7 advisor told me my notebook is up to it. And I said Notebook and not netbook.

[Hoopermazing]

@Sup750 Your trust not withstanding, the person (people) who advised you doesn't know that he/she/they is/are talking about. Moreover, a portable computer with a paltry 1.6Ghz cpu and 2GB of RAM is a netbook, even if it was a notebook 6 years ago, it's a netbook now.

[Xalivari]

Help guys, i am trying to install 7 however i get a driver error to a device that i dont even have! its A Belkin network adaptor. I dont even have the belkin software on my PC anymore so why am i getting this error?

[Shingie18]

what happens if the computer is shut down before the enter key screen?

[emillsmoney]

if you have vista i stll work be cuz i did dat with my vista xp need my ram it said my vista only had 2GB and xp had 3GB

[bleachedwhite9]

once you upgrade can you downgrade?

[ChrisBuckethead]

Hi guys, can you help me with an issue i am having with the installation?

I have Windows Vista Ultimate and i am upgrading to Windows 7 Ultimate. I choose the upgrade option, wait 5 minutes until it finishes Checking compability and then i get an error saying: There is not enough free space to store temporary Windows installation files.

I have deleted as much as possible files i could. Now i have 135 GB of free hard disk space yet the problem occurs. Can you help me?

Thanks in advance!

[birdman1265]

@ChrisBuckethead Try a clean install not the upgrade one

[ChrisBuckethead]

@birdman1265 I can't do that neither. It doesn't detect my hard drive. I am not doing a clean install because all my files will get deleted and I have nowhere to backup them, they are too many.

[182ndNegociator]

@ChrisBuckethead you need at leat 1GB of RAM. vista only required 512MB, half the amount

[ChrisBuckethead]

@182ndNegociator i have already installed windows 7..thnx anyway..i had 1GB of RAM

[ComputerGuider1525]

Great Video Cool Speach And Thanks For Such A Great Video

[1superalex]

I'm tempted 2 upgrade as my Vista Laptop is as slow as a Snail

[Exile017]

can you upgrade windows vista ultimate to windows 7 ultimate ?

[tenzinsheydup]

@Exile017 : yes...

[DXRunescape]

yeh lol i can try and back up about 401 gb yeh...

[kinkle212]

will a restore point do?

[dennis687]

very help full

[jasonjason957]

Hi, I have a question about the custom install of window 7. My computer have an OS of window vista home premium 32bits SP2 (3.00 GB RAM) and i want to custom install it to window 7 ultimate 64bits, is it possible? Do i have to format my hard drive in order to do that. If so how can i do it?

[nickerless557]

its possible

just custom install. you dont need to format it unless you want to

if you are gonna use 64-bit i recommend having 4gb of RAM

[EliteGhost001]

@jasonjason957

no I upgraded from from Vista home basic 32 to Win 7 Ultimate 64 with no problem. It will be a clean install though. So all your files will be gone and games on another harddrive (or partition on the same drive) won't work. Maybe copying your directions folder will help but I just reinstalled the stuff because my pc was new so didn't have much on it and most of them were games.

[zzoeboy55]

does anybody know how to upgrade from windows vista to windows 7 on the computer,i want to do in-place upgrade not installing it with the cd.

[PCHacksAndGuides]

umm, hi.. I got Windows Vista Home Premium. I got Windows 7 Ultimate and Windows Vista 7. If i upgrade my windows to Windows 7 Ultimate will it work... please reply me fast.. I don't have service pack.

[felixcruzazul]

wtf you updated from home to ultimate i thought you couldn't do that ! can you do that? im confused lol anyone can you do that ?????

[fatzy9ttuts]

yeah you could. but its gonna delete everything

[felixcruzazul]

no it wont lol i did some research and you can update

[shahogner87]

how can i fix my web cam on my laptop i had windows vista but now that i upgraded to windows 7 my web cam only turns on for web chats? if anyone can suggest something plz do ineed help

[r0b0leadr]

exellent! this is really going to help me.

[philitheos]

why you have home premium and for theme you have vista basic ?

[chelseyrea]

he has home premium but he's just changed the colour of the windows to white

[infinitypark003]

Nice guide to upgrade to Windows 7

[jaysteinhauer]

hey man have an issue its telling me i dont have enough space to install windows 7 disk C i have 80GB of 138

[Myythe]

i would know what DVD I need to insert :x