• Upgrading from XP to 7, do I have to delete my files?
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Yes, I know jack shit when it comes to upgrading OS'. Anyways, right now I have around 40+ gb of games, files, applications and whatnot on my HD. I'm running Windows XP SP3. I want to upgrade to 7, but I don't know if I have to delete my games. I don't have money to spend on other external HDs, or anything like that. DO I have to upgrade to Vista and THEN 7? Help me facepunch, do whatever you want, rate me boxes, call me a dumbshit, but please give me a straight answer.
If you have a spare/second harddrive you can usually dump the stuff you want to keep onto that and move them back after installation. After that you should just be able to throw the Windows 7 disc in and it will clean the rest up for you.
I'm pretty sure if you want to upgrade from XP to Win 7, it will ask you to reformat where you will lose everything. I think Vista to Win 7, you can keep your files. I think you should just save your games and important files to DVDs, not only for this, but for the future. I'm having problems with my computer right now and I have most of my music saved on DVDs just incase I need to ever reformat for any reason.
Ah, well fuck. I don't have any spare HDs, and to back up my games would be a nightmare considering I have around 23 gbs in my steamapps alone. [editline]07:34PM[/editline] To DVD that is
Are they steam games?
I upgraded from XP to 7, I didn't lose anything. All your old shit goes into a windows.old folder so you can just drag those program files into the new place.
[QUOTE=Opacity;19114904]I upgraded from XP to 7, I didn't lose anything. All your old shit goes into a windows.old folder so you can just drag those program files into the new place.[/QUOTE] That's technically not an upgrade though.
[QUOTE=Panda X;19115696]That's technically not an upgrade though.[/QUOTE] why not? my os went from xp to 7
[QUOTE=Opacity;19117095]why not? my os went from xp to 7[/QUOTE] But it's not the upgrade function on the disc, what you described was a custom install.
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