Upgrade from Windows XP to Windows 7 RC

We have an article on how to download Windows 7 RC and how to upgrade from Windows 7 Beta without having to install from scratch. And, we'll show you how to upgrade from Windows XP to Windows 7 RC without leaving your Windows settings.
We all know, the trial version of Windows 7 home premium product key RC has just been released, allowing users to download free until June this year, the trial period of up to 13 months, meaning you can use to as of June 1, 2010. Therefore, you can use Windows 7 RC for free upgrades from Microsoft for more than a year.
With that in mind, there's no reason not to download and use the latest trial version of Windows 7. However, there is one drawback: If you are not using Windows Vista (which Windows XP RC or Windows 7 Beta, before the trial version) instead of directly upgrading to the latest version, Windows 7 RC requires you to install completely new. This means that the options, properties ... you have set up on the old Windows will be lost and after installation, you have to reset from the beginning, it will take a lot of time and effort.
In the previous article, I showed you how to upgrade from Windows 7 Beta to Windows 7 RC without having to install a new one. If you are a Windows XP product key user and would like to try out this latest version of Windows 7, here are some tips and tricks to get you up to speed with Windows 7 Upgrade. RC but still retain the properties set.
- First, you download the installation of Windows 7 RC according to the instructions have been introduced.
- Use a dedicated burning program like Nero or XPCD Burner to burn this iso file to a DVD, or use a virtual disc creation software to burn the ISO file to the virtual disc as instructed here.
- Access the newly created DVD (burn directly to a virtual disk or disk), navigate to the Support folder -> Migwiz and enable the migsetup.exe file.
- The Windows Easy Transfer window appears. You click on Next in the first step and select An external disk or USB flash drive in the next step.
- In the next step, click on This is my old Computer so that Windows Easy Transfer starts scanning the whole system. Once the scan is complete, the list of properties you have set up, the files, folders that will be shared, the profiles that are available on Windows XP will appear for you to choose and should be removed. any thing.
- Click next and enter your password in case your Windows XP account has a password at login.
- Next, click on Save, choose where to save the USB or external hard drive that you are connecting to the machine.
- Finally, activate the Windows 7 RC installation DVD to start the installation process.
- During installation, click on Custom and select Upgrade to start the upgrade.
- Next step, select the partition that contains Windows XP and click next to start the installation process (without affecting Windows XP).
- Once the installation of Windows 7 finishes, reboot the system to start using the system in the Windows 7 RC environment.
- Next, click Start, select All Programs -> Accessories -> System Tools and then click on Windows Easy Transfer.
- The Windows Easy Transfer window will open again. This time, click on the "This is my New Computer" option, click on Yes and browse for the location of the previously stored backup files (located on your USB or external hard drive) and click Open. .
- Next, click on Transfer to transfer all files, settings, profiles ... saved to Windows 7 product key.
- Finally, click Close after the conversion process is over.
Thus, the old attributes you have set on Windows XP are still preserved on Windows 7 RC. This is similar to how you still use Windows XP inside the shell of Windows 7 RC but with the features and power of the new operating system, without having to reset from scratch.
Here are the detailed steps to transfer properties from Windows XP to Windows 7 RC, which saves you the time to reset in case you want to test the latest version of Windows 7. Hope the article will have Useful for you.