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Are you trying to upgrade from xp to windows 7? First check if your hardware can support windows 7. You should have atleast 2 GB or above memory, 60 GB of HDD for windows alone so 320 GB HDD would be recommended. Your cpu should be dual core or core 2 duo atleast. If those are checked, upgrade to windows should delete your windows xp.
Or the other option is format the partition of the HDD where windows xp is installed.
Let me know more. So that we on the FixYa can help.
Good luck
Having Trouble Booting To Your Windows Upgrade Disc?
...Upgrade discs aren't bootable discs. To repair a windows installation, you must use either a system repair disc or, better yet, a windows installation disc (genuine Retail/OEM discs are pretty much your only option to completely reinstall your windows operating system, unless you own a previous full installation disc of a previously released Windows version (such as XP or Vista), in which case you could install that windows operating system and then upgrade to a newer windows OS like windows 7. however if you ever need to reinstall windows 7, you would either need to reinstall the older windows OS, then upgrade to the newer one.
If that isn't clear, I'll sum it up....
Let's say you bought a computer, that computer had windows xp home edition. Maybe you wanted to upgrade from Windows XP/Windows Vista or Windows 7?
Well in order to switch from Windows XP/Vista to Windows 7, (or even from Windows 7 home premium- to windows7 Pro or Ultimate), then you must either:
A) Buy an upgrade disc and upgrade to the newer desired version.
B) Or, Buy a Retail Copy of the version you want to install. (keep in mind that a retail Windows 7 disc can be used to perform an upgrade rather than to competely wipe the hard disc and perform a clean install (delete partitions, reformat, and perform a new windows installation), if you so choose.
The bottom line is, you cannot Install a fresh clean copy of windows using an upgrade disc. OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) and Retail Windows Operation System Installation Setup Discs are "Bootable Discs". Windows Upgrade Discs are NOT bootable. (unless one where to "modify that particular disc, which is not legal).
If you are asking could you upgrade directly from Windowx XP to Windows 7 as a direct upgrade, the answer is yes but it's not recommended.
The much better method is to use Windows Easy Transfer to move your important files from your computer onto an external hard drive. After all your files are backed up safely, it's best to start the Windows 7 install and when you get to the "Upgrade" or "Custom (advanced)" screen to choose Custom. This will open up the drive view. Click on "Drive options (advanced)" which will bring up the ability to delete the partitions.
If you find that you have more than one shaded area in the Drive 0 bar, you have more than one partition. Unless you have experience creating and modifying partitions, only delete the partitions on Disc 0 which are marked Drive (C:). Otherwise, you can decide what partitions you need to delete to make enough room for Windows 7.
I'm not sure if you've already done your homework or not but before you upgrade to Windows 7, run the update advisor to ensure your system and software is Windows 7 ready and make sure to collect the hardware drivers that work with the exact version of Windows 7 you are installing... 32 bit and 64 bit are totally different monsters!!!
Having all of your software install disks on hand, and all your backups (and a bootable copy of the backup software!!) and Windows 7 hardware drivers on an external hard drive is the best way to approach an upgrade.
Sounds like you may have purchased a "Windows 7 upgrade" (whatever version Home/Pro,) version....
now that win7 is on it, you can boot from the CD, choose the "repair my computer" option, then choose the Advanced Startup repair options....and you can use the command window to re-format, or delete the partition and and re-format the drive....then start-over with a clean disk.
Officially it is not compatible, but I've heard it can work.
However, if you still decide to try, I must warn you: You'll encounter countless problems with the drivers, which some of you'll have to download manually from the internet. Otherwise some of the features won't work, f.ex the Wi-Fi.
It would be better to leave it be or consider linux.
Is a wonderful site that details the specifics of what a laptop needs to run windows 7.
Basically for the 32 bit system you need 1 ghz processor combined with 1 gb of ram and a 15-20 gb hard drive. Most laptops are well equipped to run windows 7 and some, so you should have no problem upgrading it.
Hi there, yes you can upgrade your 80GB to 120GB hard drive on your Flybook V5. Toshiba makes a great drive for this. If you need instructions or help however, I was able to get all my questions answered by emailing [email protected] . I could not get through to anyone at Flybook directly however. :o(
Yes, there is. Match the type of drive (Serial ATA or Parallel ATA) you get with what you have. Make sure your Satellite sees the drive in the BIOS. For drives larger than 120 GB, recommend operating systems Windows XP (Service Pack 2 or higher) or Vista. Older OS's have a 137 GB limitation (they only see the first 137 GB of the hard drive despite its size).
Yes, you can upgrade to 120 GB.
Here is an installation guide:
http://www.bixnet.com/hadringuh2.html
Make sure you purchase a laptop hard drive; they are different than desktop hard drives. A 2.5" one will work. Don't buy it from the site with the installation guide, however. You can get them cheaper from Tigerdirect.com.
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