SD> TW> In that sense there is NO upgrade from Win XP to Win 7 without the   
   SD> TW> additional steps that I quoted before Your reference!!!!!!!!!   
      
   SD>A word to the wise: Microsoft doesn't actually recommend upgrading from XP   
   SD>to Win7 even if they have "upgrade instructions".  Some vestigial programs m   
   SD>not be upgraded correctly and   
   SD>eventually, they will cause the entire OS install to become unstable,   
   SD>forcing a fresh full install of Windows 7.   
      
   SD>As someone who's done more Windows 7 installs than he'd like to admit, I'd   
   SD>really recommend backing up your data and doing a full fresh install.  This   
   SD>means blowing the hard drive and letting Windows 7 redo the entire   
   SD>partition, especially with the EFI booting requirements. XP and Windows 7   
   SD>are very different and I'd not mix them.   
      
   And That is basiclly what I recommended Ed do. Feeling like you that   
   there is really NO upgrade from XP to Win 7.   
   And MS by design went that route knowing that upgrading could cause   
   problems.   
   Teh MS instructions were written for businesses running Win XP that most   
   likely would have minimum problems because theri machines are typically   
   not grundged up with every program that comes down the pike like a lot   
   of home User machines.   
      
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