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jvisco   10-23-2009 at 06:20:35 PM

I am running Windows XP. I want to create a partition, back up my files, and then install Windows 7 64 bit. Since I created the additional partition in XP under 32 bit, will I be able to access the files in the new partition I created and transfer them to my C drive in Windows 7 (such as pictures, music, etc)? Basically, I don't want to have to back up everything on a DVD before I upgrade. Thanks for the help!

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Zoron   10-23-2009 at 06:22:37 PM
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Yes, you can copy the files over afterward... but you may have to take ownership of them first. If you copy them from XP to Win 7 though... that might not be an issue.

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jvisco   10-23-2009 at 06:24:55 PM
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What do you mean by ownership?

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Zoron   10-23-2009 at 06:30:50 PM
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When trying to copy files into Windows 7 from your XP computer (Documents, Pictures, etc) you may get an "Access Denied" error or something similar. This is because you are copying files from your XP user account to Windows 7. If the account isn't password protected, then you might not have an issue. If it is, then Windows 7 should prompt you that you'll need to take ownership of the files, so that your new Windows 7 user account can access them. However, booting into XP and copying the files to your Windows 7 partition may make that unnecessary.

------------------------------ Desktop: Windows 7 Professional 64-bit; Intel Q6600 CPU; E-VGA 780i SLI motherboard; E-VGA E-GeForce 8800GT; OCZ Vista 4GB dual-channel kit; Ultra X2 750W power supply; 2 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 500GB in RAID 0. Laptop: Acer Aspire 8730-6314;
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shun_51   10-23-2009 at 06:32:01 PM
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It means privilege to access the partition
Of course you can do this, but copy all files to a system partition is not a good idea.

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Jonmor68   10-23-2009 at 11:24:15 PM
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If you are going to use both XP and W7 on the same computer, make the folders you use shared folders that you can use them in both OS's.

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