Upgrading to Windows 7

busenbust

Kimberley wrote: »

Right ok, on the software4students website it says that I can purchase 2 lots of Windows 7 if I have 2 students and I have my son is also a student at the same college but when i registered and it said to list the second student in my account section only my daughter was showing up and nothing to add a second student. I'll have another look in the morning otherwise i'll have to phone them up. If i can get 2 windows 7 then with microsoft office on offer on that site my total would be £116.

Thank you all again for your help.

Let us know if u need any additional help Kimberley

Kimberley

I've decided to buy the family pack of Windows 7 from Amazon as that is where it is cheapest at the mo. I'm also going to go through the upgrade route rather then a full clean. What I want to know is will my broadband still work the same or will i need to re install it? Will my printer or digital camera drivers need to be re installed if an upgrade was done rather then a full clean.

busenbust

Kimberley wrote: »

I've decided to buy the family pack of Windows 7 from Amazon as that is where it is cheapest at the mo. I'm also going to go through the upgrade route rather then a full clean. What I want to know is will my broadband still work the same or will i need to re install it? Will my printer or digital camera drivers need to be re installed if an upgrade was done rather then a full clean.

Difficult on a precise answer Kim: there might be new and additional drivers for the printer/scanner -- won't be a problem -- available from Internet. :cool:

busenbust

....and drivers u can install after the Win 7 upgrade/install .

Kimberley

Thank you Busenbust.

Kimberley

If i want to transfer everything on my hard drive onto an external one do I have to buy one with the same capacity as my existing one?

busenbust

Kimberley wrote: »

If i want to transfer everything on my hard drive onto an external one do I have to buy one with the same capacity as my existing one?

Not necessarily, no. What's your existing drive size ??

busenbust

busenbust wrote: »

don't get confused:

people are recommending an upgrade in ram, say 1/2GB

and

an external hard drive to backup data -- useful always. something like this :

http://go.iomega.com/en/products/external-hard-drive-desktop/prestige-amp-professional-desktop-series/prestige-esata/?partner=4735

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^The 1.0TB version will be more than ample Kim

xstitchcrazee

Hi Kimberley, We've just clean installed Windows 7 on my husbands pc and we didn't have to install any drivers for the printer or BT homehub, they were automatically sourced and installed by Windows 7.

Kimberley

xstitchcrazee wrote: »

Hi Kimberley, We've just clean installed Windows 7 on my husbands pc and we didn't have to install any drivers for the printer or BT homehub, they were automatically sourced and installed by Windows 7.

Oh thank you which one did you choose? Windows 7 home premium or the ultimate?