![]() If it doesn’t, click Start, click My Computer, open the Windows 7 installation disc on your DVD drive, and then double-click setup.exe. Now with your computer on and Windows XP running, insert the disc into your computer. Click Performance and Maintenance, click System, and then click the Automatic Updates tab. Depending on which Control Panel view you use, Classic or Category, do one of the following: Click System, and then click the Automatic Updates tab. ![]() You’ll also want to update and run your antivirus, before disabling it. To turn on Automatic Updates: Click Start, and then click Control Panel. Fortunately Microsoft provides the Windows Easy Transfer for Windows XP program to help.īacking up files and data is relatively straightforward, but bear in mind that you will need the install files and codes for all software programs you want to. Windows 7 will in effect wipe and reinstall your system, so everything on it will be lost unless you save it. How to upgrade to Windows 8.1) Before you install Windows 7 on your XP PC or laptopīefore you install Windows 7 on your XP system, you need to back up all of your data, and all of your programs. (You could also see if you want to install Windows 8. The Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor will tell you this. Either way make sure you get a 32-bit version, unless your PC is a 64-bit system which is unlikely for an XP PC.
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