Experience to upgrade directly from Vista to Windows 7

The test will be installed on the existing Vista system upgrade mode, the Win7 M3 of the ISO file mount to VIRTUALCD, according to the prompts to determine the implementation of Setup.exe, the installation welcome interface appears.

Get important updates for installation interface, it is recommended to choose do not get the latest updates for installation. Otherwise, it takes a lot of time to perform the download and installation of the update.

Select Upgrade to perform the upgrade mode installation.

Ah oh ...! The installer performs a scan of the current system and gives a compatible report. As you can see from the diagram, data and settings for Windows Mail and Calendar, Windows Photo Gallery, and Windows Movie Maker are not upgraded to Win7 M3 on the current system because their systems no longer contain these features. Upgrade installation cannot continue!

Ok! It's understandable, unexpected! From the initial installation point of view, Win7 M3 installation process and Vista is not essentially different, after all, just m3! There is no need to report too much expectation.

From the current system upgrade installation to this end, I used a full installation, and the Win7 M3 installed on the existing Vista disk, ignore the installation warning completed system installation, access to Windows Explorer open Volume C view, found before Vista Window The S directory was renamed to Windows.old, and the previous program directory was automatically deleted, which is confusing ... Because too impulsive did not look carefully before the Vista user directory is also automatically deleted, if it is! So the feeling of keeping windows.old is not superfluous ...