Monday 08 Aug 2011 – 10:46 Even Apple is climbing on the Windows 7 bandwagon. Boot Camp, the Mac OS X utility that lets Mac owners run Windows in a separate partition, now requires Microsoft’s newest operating system, the company said Monday in a support document .
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Laplink software has reduced the cost of their PC Mover software to under $1. With prices currently starting at $29.99 this is a significant discount for people still looking to upgrade Windows XP systems to Windows 7.
“We offer the fastest and easiest method to upgrade existing hardware from XP to Windows 7,” said Laplink CEO Thomas Koll. “And now we are removing any cost barrier.” With PCmover, the upgrade process does not require external media, no programs need to be reinstalled after the upgrade and the PC’s “personality” remains intact. “Windows XP will not be supported indefinitely by Microsoft,” continued Koll. “Businesses will need to deploy Windows 7 and Laplink has a much-needed solution.”
The software doesn’t actually perform the Windows 7 installation for you, you still need to do this by installing Windows 7 over the top of your current copy of XP. AT the installation screen DO NOT choose Upgrade. Instead choose the Custom (Advanced) option. Then install Windows 7 onto the same hard disk or partition where Windows XP resides without formatting the disk. The installer will detect your old copy of Windows and move it, and all your files to a Windows.old folder.
When you have Windows 7 installed, install PC Mover which will find the Windows.old folder. PCmover Windows 7 Upgrade Assistant will recognize what is in that folder and put it where it needs to go and install the software where it should go as well.
There are some caveats with this as not all your software will be compatible with Windows 7, and some could even cause problems with Windows 7 when migrated (this goes doubly so for hardware drivers). You should download and run the Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor first to find any software that is not compatible with Windows 7 and uninstall it.
This is an excellent purchase for anyone still making the move to Windows 7 but worried about having to reinstall all their software. At less than $1 it’s difficult to complain at this price.
You can buy and download PC Mover here.
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