Can your Computer run Windows 7

October 1, 2009
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Can your Sys­tem run Win­dows 7

In gen­eral, if your PC or Lap­top runs Win­dows Vista, it can run Win­dows 7. To find out exactly what will run and where even­tual prob­lems may occur, run the Win­dows 7 Upgrade Advi­sor from Microsoft.

Upgrade Win­dows Vista to Win­dows 7

The upgrade is a smooth mat­ter and what runs on Win­dows Vista should also run on Win­dows 7. Dur­ing the install pro­ce­dure Win­dows 7 will check your sys­tem and log even­tual prob­lem zones. The upgrade will take time, be pre­pared to let it run for hours (in my case it was 15 hours) namely if your hard drive is packed with hun­dreds of Giga­bytes of data.

Installing Win­dows 7 on your Laptop

If your lap­top runs Win­dows Vista, it will run Win­dows 7. If you use XP, then run the Upgrade Advi­sor for a check.

From Win­dows XP to Win­dows 7

Microsoft requires a clean install if you wish to upgrade from Win­dows 7. Fur­ther­more, the note on Microsoft’s  Upgrade Advi­sor Page is self explanatory:

“..And while we don’t rec­om­mend it, should you choose to upgrade your cur­rent PC from Win­dows XP or another oper­at­ing sys­tem to Win­dows 7, we rec­om­mend that you get help with this process from your local com­puter ser­vice provider. You’ll need to back up your cur­rent files and set­tings, per­form a cus­tom (clean) instal­la­tion, and then rein­stall your files, set­tings, and programs.”

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5 Responses to Can your Computer run Windows 7

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  4. Rob on October 21, 2009 at 11:02 pm

    If your com­puter can­not run Windows-7, I would strongly rec­om­mend going the route of a new com­puter with Win­dows 7 already installed. Your com­puter is already two gen­er­a­tions of OS’s old. It’s only get more expensive.

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    • Yorgo Nestoridis on October 23, 2009 at 9:18 am

      In any case if you use the inter­net increas­ingly in rela­tion to media, there seems to be no other way than to get a com­puter which can han­dle media efficiently.

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