Easy Upgrade from Vista to Windows 7

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I’ve been hearing good things about Microsoft Windows 7, and I figured I’d upgrade my main machine, which I purchased last year with Vista as the OS.

I never had any major problems with Vista, but there were quirks here and there with Flash, PDFs, and other things that I came to accept. These issues, combined with touts of new features in Windows 7 like HomeGroup, Jump Lists, Snap, Windows Search, and the Windows Tashbar, got me intrigued enough to try the upgrade.

Back when Vista came out, I bought the upgrade to move from XP, and it was a hassle. At the time, I was so displeased with software incompatibilities and other issues that I wanted to uninstall Vista. Only I couldn’t – I was trapped. So, I ended up reformatting the hard drive to go back to XP.

Anyhow, I conveniently forgot this memory and went to Amazon.com to pick up the Microsoft Windows 7 Professional Upgrade. And I hit a snag right off. I didn’t think about the version of Vista I had when buying Windows 7 – turned out I had Vista Home Premium and purchased the Microsoft Windows 7 Professional Upgrade.

Since I had different levels of the OS, I was not able to initiate a regular upgrade. My only option with Professional was to make a clean install. I went from seeing this as a hassle to a treat – I welcomed the chance to speed up my machine, even though it meant reinstalling a bunch of stuff.

The installation of Microsoft Windows 7 was very easy, and even more seamless than expected. I had backed up all of my files to an external hard drive, but after completing the install, I found that there was a folder called Windows.old with all of my files – fantastic.

I am sure that was in the documentation, but I just popped the disc in and got started.

I’ve just been on it one day, but I’m really happy so far – my computer is running faster and I’m enjoying the features.

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