XP to Windows 7 Migration

Migrating to Windows 7 from XP

According to Microsoft’s Technet Website, “there is no Upgrade option available when installing Windows 7 on a computer running Windows XP. The task involves using Windows Easy Transfer to migrate files and settings from Windows XP to Windows 7 on the same computer. To do this you must first copy files to a removable media, such as an external hard drive or UFD, or to a network share. Then, you will need to install a fresh copy of Windows 7 on your existing hardware, migrate your files back from the removable media or network location and then onto your computer. When you are finished, you must install your software programs again, but your files and settings will have been copied from Windows XP”

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The upgrade to Windows 7 from Windows XP can end up being a multi-step process involving many trips to the desktop. Scalable Software can offer you an alternative solution to performing your upgrades with a zero-touch process. You will be able to determine first, what machines meet the minimum requirements for Windows 7 and then be able to target those machines for your Windows 7 Migration using WinINSTALL’s zero-touch features.

We have developed a seven step solution based around the WinINSTALL Desktop Availability Suite:

Determine which machines meet Windows 7 minimum hardware requirements
Target the machine for updgrade
Determine the Windows 7 deployment method
Identify the applications to me migrated
Identify the user personalities and data to be migrated
Build the migration jobs within WinINSTALL
Execute the migration

More details on exactly how this occurs will be found in the recorded Webinar and companion white paper available from the Windows 7 Migration link to the right of this page

Features	Benefits
1 Accurate identification of Windows 7 capable machines	1 Ensure upgrades only occur to machines capable of successfully running Windows 7
2 DoD level disk-wipe prior to upgrade	2 In the event events machines are being recycled to others, and just in the course of best practice approaches to lifecycle management, you can be certain no data artifacts will be visible unless expressly configured
3 Dynamic creation of machine specific installation images	3 Avoids the cost and complexity of maintaining multiple images for the various hardware platforms targeted for upgrade
4 Full application migration	4 Recipient of upgraded machine will have a full suite of applications and settings configured in the same way as prior to the upgrade
5 Migration of personalities and files	5 The themes, local data and settings and any other personalization will be restored to the preferences the user had enjoyed under Windows XP, thereby minimizing the impact to the user of the change to the new operating system