I have Vista 64 currently installed.
I have my free Windows 7 upgrade disk.
The things I really want to know are:
1. How well does it preserve my programs (settings? stored passwords? do they actually function normally after the upgrade?) will my games and steam all work after the upgrade?
2. Will it be any slower because I did the upgrade rather than a fresh install? (keeping in mind I'd install all the shit I have on here again anyway)
3. What about drivers? Should I uninstall my current video drivers and such and reinstall them after the upgrade or what?
Thanks.
It all depends on various stuff. Well it did to me.
1.Depends on if you installed them on the same Partition as your Vista or not. As far as I know, Windows 7 will whipe everything off the partition it's going to be installed in. I recommend using EASEUS Partition Master (Costs money, though). It can resize and create partitions easily. If you install 7 to another partition, then you can just make a shortcut of Steam from Steams install directory. It'll ask you to update or install some service. Let it do so and begin playing...
2. No.
3. Windows 7 detects what hardware you have and will find drivers to them instantly after installing. Did for me anyways.
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1.Depends on if you installed them on the same Partition as your Vista or not. As far as I know, Windows 7 will whipe everything off the partition it's going to be installed in. I recommend using EASEUS Partition Master (Costs money, though). It can resize and create partitions easily. If you install 7 to another partition, then you can just make a shortcut of Steam from Steams install directory. It'll ask you to update or install some service. Let it do so and begin playing...[/QUOTE]
[B]Wrong.[/B]
I'm talking about the upgrade, aka not a fresh install.
Auch. I misread.
[QUOTE=Jallen;19126639]I have Vista 64 currently installed.
I have my free Windows 7 upgrade disk.
The things I really want to know are:
1. How well does it preserve my programs (settings? stored passwords? do they actually function normally after the upgrade?) will my games and steam all work after the upgrade?
[B]Yes[/B]
2. Will it be any slower because I did the upgrade rather than a fresh install? (keeping in mind I'd install all the shit I have on here again anyway)
[B]No[/B]
3. What about drivers? Should I uninstall my current video drivers and such and reinstall them after the upgrade or what?
[B]I would update them after the upgrade[/B]
Thanks.[/QUOTE]
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Oh, the advanced/custom whatever install choice on the upgrade disk does a fresh install. It moves all of your old things to a folder named windows.old
[QUOTE=DOG-GY;19129035].
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Oh, the advanced/custom whatever install choice on the upgrade disk does a fresh install. It moves all of your old things to a folder named windows.old[/QUOTE]
Right ok cool, thanks :D
I'm still going to back up all of my stuff onto my external but after hearing that I think I'll go ahead with the upgrade tommorow. Hopefully it's all seamless and stuff as far as programs go.
Thanks again.
I've run the upgrade on 5 different computers or so, with no issues on any of them. The only thing that I had happen was a wide range of times. I've had the upgrade take anywhere from an hour to about 5. The more crap you have installed, the longer it'll take.
[QUOTE=YodaEXE;19131121]I've run the upgrade on 5 different computers or so, with no issues on any of them. The only thing that I had happen was a wide range of times. I've had the upgrade take anywhere from an hour to about 5. The more crap you have installed, the longer it'll take.[/QUOTE]
Oh joy. The next few hours will be a bundle of fun then.
Good to hear it all works well though, the hours that it takes to keep all my programs will be less than the time it would take me to get them all again manually.
Thanks for the help :buddy:
The upgrade works fine, but I'd still recommend a clean install.
I'm impressed. It's like it just swapped the OS over and everything is in tact.
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