Can windows vista Ultimate be used to upgrade Xp pro

deadsoul

I am looking to upgrade a unit from xp pro to vista then to win 7 .The windows 7 that I got is pro but it wont upgrade xp ,so my next thing of doing was to go to vista ultimate .I would like to know before buying the vista can it upgrade the xp pro .Thanks for looking .

mp22

Can the upgrade not do a custom install where it keeps all old files ect (windows.old) and then be activated.

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-ie/windows7/help/upgrading-from-windows-xp-to-windows-7

deadsoul

There programs I need to keep and run after installing vista or 7

Capt'n Midnight

stupid question time, the 7 is 32 bit isn't it ?

not sure if it's possible to upgrade with a 30 day version of vista - might save you a license iirc 7 pro should allow downgrade rights anyway

do a full backup, clonezilla or somesuch so you can get back exactly where you started

does the file transfer wizard thingy help ?

deadsoul

No file transfer program no use as it only takes over the likes of my doc ,pictures and setting but it does not backup programs .Thanks for the info think I will have to clean install .

matt-dublin

wouldn't vista be a downgrade of XP

Overheal

maybe i dont understand this but why are you needing to install vista at all? A windows upgrade can bypass vista and take XP straight to windows 7.

mp22

XP to 7 you wont be able to use the programs already installed on xp,vista to 7 most programs run after upgrade.

matt-dublin

would i be right in sayiny that both of them do a clean install from xp so youd be required to reinstall anyway

Overheal

mp22 wrote: »

XP to 7 you wont be able to use the programs already installed on xp,vista to 7 most programs run after upgrade.

but surely if you're going to buy an upgrade to vista and an upgrade to 7 you might as well buy One upgrade to 7 Professional and get the XP Virtualization?

Capt'n Midnight

test to see if you can backup / restore XP into a VM

you can use ntbackup or whatever to do a full restore into a working copy of XP

a lot of the time it works

deadsoul

I found someone selling a xp to windows 7 upgrade will go with that .Hope it works .Thanks again.

matt-dublin

Microsoft Maybe?

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-IE/windows/shop

with instructions:

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-ie/windows7/help/upgrading-from-windows-xp-to-windows-7

I see where you're coming from. You want to upgrade XP Pro to 7 Pro. Obviously you can't do this directly so you want to use a Vista Ultimate disc to do the upgrade. If you do, then you cannot upgrade the Vista install to 7 Pro, only 7 Ultimate. You can't upgrade to an OS at a lower SKU level than the OS you're upgrading.

uncle_sam_ie

Why not just do a clean install. http://www.winsupersite.com/article/win7/clean-install-windows-7-with-upgrade-media