How to: Upgrade Windows XP to Windows 7

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It's a painful install since Microsoft provides no direct upgrade path, but we can help. For more CNET videos, go to http://cnettv.cnet.com

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  1. im watching this in 2017 , and loving it , a great guide , its written in a language i understand , and very well laid out , many thanks for the time taken to make this video.
  2. Anyone watching this in 2017?
  3. can I use the windows 7 disk with the same serial code twice because I have 2 windows xp device
  4. My hp desktop seemed to have been removed from a local domain and i cant bypass the usernamepassword section,its using windows xp and the solution is to format it at least thats what we think.Help?
  5. tyyy
  6. Yup
  7. I am and its not working
  8. Here's how my dad upgraded to Windows 7 from XP:
    Step 1: He backed up
    Step 2: He upgraded to Vista
    and Step 3: He upgraded from Vista to 7. He said nothing was wrong when he was done.
  9. Hi Sir,.... I will greatly appreciate if you can advise me to install any window or may be W7. I got one cowboy (HP Mini 110) which I bought in 2002. I dint use quite a long time until now. It has window xp installed. Unfortunately, its connected to internet but any browser won't work. Even I am not able to uninstall window xp.... I not able to get the BIOS screen.... Its been 2 days frustrating with this toy. Please help me. Thanks
  10. i get 0x6 error :/
  11. Tom Merritt does an excellent job of explaining in a efficient logical manner. Much appreciated!!!!
  12. Is this for free i buy windows 7 and the pc not play windows 7 i am german and speak not good englisch sry :)
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  15. Oh my, my... This seems rather complex...
  16. can the download be performed from a usb instead of a disk
  17. yes
  18. I'm watching this in 2016.
    This sounds very painful. But when I upgraded from Windows 7 to Windows 10, it kept all of my files, apps and data.
  19. fantastic
  20. What a pointless video. If you're going to back up to an external hard drive and reinstall programs anyway, why not just do a clean install?