- Nov 28, 2009
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Hi guys,
I have just wiped my hard drive, and made a clean XP installation which I updated to SP3. At the moment there are no APPS etc that I have installed.
It's an old 2003 Dell and booting from USB is not an option because the BIOS does not support it.
I now wish to update XP to W7 by running the DVD from inside XP.
(For varous reasons I cannot do a clean W7 boot /install - it's NOT an option)
Obviously this update from XP is not the same as a 'Clean' W7 installation - but it will have to suffice for various reasons.
After the installation I wish to remove any unneccessary XP junk left behind.
Are there files that W7 creates with all the unnecessary leftovers?
If so what are they called and can I safely delete them?
After I've done this I will install all the usual apps etc.
I would appreciate some helpful advice here.
(PS... once again, whilst it is possible to READ files, it's not possible to boot either the W7 DVD or USB)
I have just wiped my hard drive, and made a clean XP installation which I updated to SP3. At the moment there are no APPS etc that I have installed.
It's an old 2003 Dell and booting from USB is not an option because the BIOS does not support it.
I now wish to update XP to W7 by running the DVD from inside XP.
(For varous reasons I cannot do a clean W7 boot /install - it's NOT an option)
Obviously this update from XP is not the same as a 'Clean' W7 installation - but it will have to suffice for various reasons.
After the installation I wish to remove any unneccessary XP junk left behind.
Are there files that W7 creates with all the unnecessary leftovers?
If so what are they called and can I safely delete them?
After I've done this I will install all the usual apps etc.
I would appreciate some helpful advice here.
(PS... once again, whilst it is possible to READ files, it's not possible to boot either the W7 DVD or USB)
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