Upgrade Your Ergo PC to Windows® 7
Instructions for Upgrading to Windows® 7
Upgrade from Windows XP to Windows 7
The Upgrade option is not available in Windows 7 Setup when installing Windows
7 on a computer running Windows XP. However, you can use Windows Easy Transfer
to migrate files and
settings from Windows XP to Windows 7 on the same computer. To do this,
you must first copy
files to a removable media, such as an external hard drive or UFD, or to
a network share.
Next,
you will install Windows 7 and then migrate your files back from the removable
media onto your
computer. When you are finished, you must install your software programs
again, but your files
and settings will have been copied from Windows XP.
Copy files using Windows Easy Transfer
1. Insert the Windows 7 DVD while running Windows XP. If the Windows 7 installation
window
opens automatically, close it.
2. Open Windows Explorer by right-clicking the Start menu, and then clicking
Explore.
3. Browse to the DVD drive on your computer and click migsetup.exe in the
Support\Migwiz
directory. The Windows Easy Transfer window opens.
4. Click Next.
5. Select An external hard disk or USB flash drive.
6. Click This is my old computer. Windows Easy Transfer scans the computer.
7. Click Next. You can also determine which files should be migrated by
selecting only the user
profiles you want to transfer, or by clicking Customize.
8. Enter a password to protect your Easy Transfer file, or leave the box
blank, and then click Save.
9. Browse to the external location on the network or to the removable media
where you want to
save your Easy Transfer file, and then click Save.
10. Click Next. Windows Easy Transfer displays the file name and location
of the Easy Transfer file
you just created.
Use the Windows 7 DVD to upgrade
1. Start Windows 7 Setup by browsing to the root folder of the DVD in Windows
Explorer, and
then double clicking setup.exe.
2. Click Go online to get the latest updates (recommended) to retrieve any
important updates for
Windows 7. This step is optional. If you choose not to check for updates
during Setup, click Do
not get the latest updates.
3. Read and accept the Microsoft Software License Terms. Click I accept
the License Terms
(required to use Windows), and then click Next. If you click I decline (cancel
installation),
Windows 7 Setup will exit.
4. Click Custom to perform an upgrade to your existing Windows installation.
Note, when you perform a custom installation of Windows 7, files that were
used in the earlier version of Windows are stored in a Windows.old folder.
The folders that are stored in the Windows.old folder contain some files
that you used in the earlier version of Windows. The type of files that
are stored depends on your computer. We recommend that you always back up
any important files before you install a new operating
system.
5. Select the partition where you would like to install Windows. To move
your existing Windows
installation into a Windows.old folder and replace the operating system
with Windows 7, select
the partition where your current Windows installation is located.
6. Click Next and then click OK.
Windows 7 Setup will proceed without further interaction.
Copy files to the destination computer
1. If you saved your files and settings in an Easy Transfer file on a removable
media such as a UFD
rather than on a network share, insert the removable media into the computer.
2. Click Start, click All Programs, click Accessories, click System Tools,
and then click Windows Easy
Transfer.
The Windows Easy Transfer window opens.
3. Click Next.
4. Click An external hard disk or USB flash drive.
5. Click This is my new computer.
6. Click Yes, open the file.
7. Browse to the location where the Easy Transfer file was saved. Click
the file name, and then
click Open.
8. Click Transfer to transfer all files and settings. You can also determine
which files should be
migrated by selecting only the user profiles you want to transfer, or by
clicking Customize.
9. Click Close after Windows Easy Transfer has completed moving your files.
Delete Windows.old directory
To reclaim the disk space, you can delete the Windows.old directory using
the Disk Cleanup
system tool by following these steps:
1. Open Disk Cleanup. Click Start, click All Programs, click Accessories,
click System Tools, and
then click Disk Cleanup.
2. If prompted, select the drive where you just installed Windows 7, and
then click OK.
3. Click Clean up system files. Previous installations of Windows are scanned.
4. If prompted, select the drive where you just installed Windows 7, and
then click OK.
5. Select Previous Windows installation(s) and any other categories of files
you want to delete.
6. Click OK and then click Delete Files