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13. Read and accept the Microsoft Software License Terms. Click I Accept The License
Terms (Required To Use Windows), and then click Next. If you click I Decline (Cancel
Installation), Windows 7 Setup will exit.
14. Click Custom to perform an upgrade to your existing Windows installation.
15. Select the partition where you would like to install Windows. To move your existing
Windows installation into a
Windows.old folder and replace the operating system with
Windows 7, select the partition where your current Windows installation is located.
16. Click Next and then click OK.
17. Windows 7 Setup will proceed without further interaction.
Finally, migrate fi les to the destination computer.
18. If you saved your fi les and settings in an Easy Transfer fi le on removable media such as
a USB fl ash drive rather than on a network share, insert the removable media into the
computer.
19. Click Start  All Programs  Accessories  System Tools  Windows Easy Transfer.
20. The Windows Easy Transfer window opens; click Next.
21. Click an external hard disk or USB fl ash drive.
22. Click This Is My New Computer.
23. Click Yes, Open The File.
24. Browse to the location where the Easy Transfer fi le was saved. Click the fi lename, and
then click Open.
25. Click Transfer to transfer all fi les and settings. You can also determine which fi les should
be migrated by selecting only the user profi les you want to transfer or by clicking
Customize.
26. Click Close after Windows Easy Transfer has fi nished moving your fi les.
After the migration process is complete, you can regain the disk space used by the
Windows XP system by deleting the
Windows.old directory, using the Disk Cleanup tool.
The following steps show you how to use the Disk Cleanup tool:
1. Open Disk Cleanup. Click Start  All Programs  Accessories  System Tools  Disk
Cleanup.
2. Click Clean Up System Files.
3. Previous installations of Windows are scanned. After they are scanned, select Previous
Windows Installation(s) and any other categories of fi les you want to delete.
4. Click OK and then click Delete Files.
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