I want to upgrade my desk top pc from xp home premium to windows 7.?

[Edward]

What is the easiest and cheapest way to upgrade to windows 7 from windows XP Home premium?
It is a Dell dimension 3000 tower 32 bit I believe.

[karl]

firstly http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windo...de-advisor
Then boot from windows 7 installation disc.

"To upgrade your PC from Windows XP to Windows 7, you'll need to select the Custom option during Windows 7 installation. A custom installation doesn't preserve your programs, files, or settings. It's sometimes called a "clean" installation for that reason."

[?]

You cannot upgrade directly from XP to Windows7

You CAN upgrade from XP to Vista

And you can also upgrade from Vista to Windows7

I know of no one who has done BOTH steps, and very few computers have hardware
that is compatible with all three operating systems (Typically only a handful of HP and
Dell Buisiness computers)

And generally speaking only computers with an Intel Chipset 925 or newer.

Your Dell 3000 uses the Intel 865 chipset.
From experience even the intel 915 chipset doesn't finish loading windows7 before the installer crashes

[Dell Inc.]

Hi Edward,

I am Kaveri from the Dell Social Media Outreach team.

To upgrade the windows from XP to windows 7, you need a genuine Microsoft DVD. Please find the link below for the same.

Link:- http://dell.to/1gSuaMs


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