XP Pro to Vista to Win 7

[TaxMan_70]

hello, if anyone con help me with this I would really appreciate it. I am currently running XP Pro and as an accountant have not just files but also RAID/Mirror drives and many tax softwares which are impossible for me to reinstall all on Win 7. so I thought I can run an upgrade to Vista then do another upgrade to Win 7. does this make any sense?

 

[The_Prophecy]

Technically, I guess it could be done, but I would avoid doing something like that at all costs. Upgrading from Vista to 7 is dangerous enough as is. Going from XP to Vista, and then again upgrading to 7 is just asking for trouble.

 

[TaxMan_70]

what suggestion do you have. is it worth upgrading to Win 7?

 

[TaxMan_70]

Technically, I guess it could be done, but I would avoid doing something like that at all costs. Upgrading from Vista to 7 is dangerous enough as is. Going from XP to Vista, and then again upgrading to 7 is just asking for trouble.

what suggestion do you have. is it worth upgrading to Win 7?

 

[The_Prophecy]

Well my first suggestion would be to learn how to modify your own posts on this forum, instead of double posting .

But to answer your question, no, I don't believe it is worth upgrading to 7 in this fashion. While the features of 7 most certainly are appealing, if you can't get those programs back that you wanted to avoid reinstalling in the first place, then you're better off not going to 7 on that computer. If anything goes wrong with either upgrade (XP to Vista, or Vista to 7) you could wind up losing those programs.