Running Vista Home 64 going to upgrade to 7 professional. I understand that
I will have to reinstall everything. My question is if I am using the vista
backup and restore once I have completed the 7 install will I be able to
restore my files with 7 even though it was originally backup up with vista
or do I need to manually copy all my files onto an external drive instead of
relying on the vista backup?

thanks

Please see:

Step-by-Step: Windows 7 Upgrade and Migration
[url]http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd446674(WS.10).aspx[/url]


Mark wrote:[color=blue]
> Running Vista Home 64 going to upgrade to 7 professional. I understand
> that I will have to reinstall everything. My question is if I am using
> the vista backup and restore once I have completed the 7 install will I
> be able to restore my files with 7 even though it was originally backup
> up with vista or do I need to manually copy all my files onto an
> external drive instead of relying on the vista backup?
>
> thanks[/color]

okay thanks but willl windows 7 recognize a backup that was made from vista?

"Leroy" <leroy@earthlink.net> wrote in message
news:4AD747F2.6060604@earthlink.net...[color=blue]
> Please see:
>
> Step-by-Step: Windows 7 Upgrade and Migration
> [url]http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd446674(WS.10).aspx[/url]
>
>
> Mark wrote:[color=green]
>> Running Vista Home 64 going to upgrade to 7 professional. I understand
>> that I will have to reinstall everything. My question is if I am using
>> the vista backup and restore once I have completed the 7 install will I
>> be able to restore my files with 7 even though it was originally backup
>> up with vista or do I need to manually copy all my files onto an external
>> drive instead of relying on the vista backup?
>>
>> thanks[/color][/color]

Q. "Will windows 7 recognize a backup that was made from vista?"

A. Yes it will.


Mark wrote:[color=blue]
> okay thanks but willl windows 7 recognize a backup that was made from
> vista?
>
> "Leroy" <leroy@earthlink.net> wrote in message
> news:4AD747F2.6060604@earthlink.net...[color=green]
>> Please see:
>>
>> Step-by-Step: Windows 7 Upgrade and Migration
>> [url]http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd446674(WS.10).aspx[/url]
>>
>>
>> Mark wrote:[color=darkred]
>>> Running Vista Home 64 going to upgrade to 7 professional. I
>>> understand that I will have to reinstall everything. My question is
>>> if I am using the vista backup and restore once I have completed the
>>> 7 install will I be able to restore my files with 7 even though it
>>> was originally backup up with vista or do I need to manually copy
>>> all my files onto an external drive instead of relying on the vista
>>> backup?
>>>
>>> thanks[/color][/color]
>[/color]

I don't know the answer (although there are posters here who do, I'm sure).
I suggest instead this workaround:

Download and install EASEUS Disk Copy\
[url]http://www.easeus.com/disk-copy/[/url]

It's free, although other items on the site aren't. They also have
something called Todo Backup which might serve your needs (right now, I
have no idea what the difference is).

You would burn the ISO file to a CD as an image, not a file, boot from it,
and copy your whole disk to a same-size partition on an external drive. Now
everything is there and in the regular disk format.

I believe that any encrypted files or folders should be unencrypted before
backing up this way.

On Thu, 15 Oct 2009 13:17:08 -0400, Mark wrote:
[color=blue]
> okay thanks but willl windows 7 recognize a backup that was made from vista?
>
> "Leroy" <leroy@earthlink.net> wrote in message
> news:4AD747F2.6060604@earthlink.net...[color=green]
>> Please see:
>>
>> Step-by-Step: Windows 7 Upgrade and Migration
>> [url]http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd446674(WS.10).aspx[/url]
>>
>>
>> Mark wrote:[color=darkred]
>>> Running Vista Home 64 going to upgrade to 7 professional. I understand
>>> that I will have to reinstall everything. My question is if I am using
>>> the vista backup and restore once I have completed the 7 install will I
>>> be able to restore my files with 7 even though it was originally backup
>>> up with vista or do I need to manually copy all my files onto an external
>>> drive instead of relying on the vista backup?
>>>
>>> thanks[/color][/color][/color]


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