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If you have Windows XP then upgrading to Windows 7 will be more of a chore than upgrading from Windows Vista to Windows 7. Windows XP users can only upgrade to Windows 7. In this installation overview, Michael "Doctor File Finder" Callahan lets us know what we're in store for. Watch this series to learn all you need to know about

upgrading from Windows XP to Windows 7

.

As you can't do a direct

upgrade from Windows XP to Windows 7

, you'll need to decide whether to start fresh, moving your workflow from XP to Windows 7 losing the former in the process, or you can opt to "dual boot" Windows XP and Windows 7. This means you can choose which operating system to run when you boot up your computer and your Windows XP install remains intact.

When considering

upgrading from Windows XP to Windows 7

, you'll need to do some fact-finding first. What type of processor do you have?

Is your Windows XP machine Windows 7 capable

? Michael "Doctor File Finder" Callahan runs through the checklist to get you started in this tutorial.

The first step in actually

upgrading from Windows XP to Windows 7

is to ensure you have a reliable back up of any important files and folders. If you don't already have a

back up routine

in place, there's no time like the present to start one.

Just because we have to

do a clean install of Windows 7

to migrate our Windows XP machine doesn't mean we have to lose all of our files, settings and so on. With

Windows Easy Transfer

available for download on Windows XP and built in to Windows 7, it's easy to migrate this data.

Now that we've gotten our proverbial ducks in a row with solid back ups of our files and an Easy Transfer image of our Windows XP settings, it's time to make the move. In part six of our eight-part series on

upgrading from Windows XP to Windows 7

, we begin the actual installation process.

Picking up from the start of the Windows 7 installation

upgrading from Windows XP to Windows 7

, we finish up the actual

install of Windows 7

and boot to our new Windows 7 desktop for the first time.

Previously we showed you how to back up files and settings for the Upgrading from XP to Windows 7 using Easy Transfer for Windows XP. Now, the last step in the

upgrade from Windows XP to Windows 7

is to transfer the settings we saved in Windows XP over to our brand new Windows 7 operating system.