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Microsoft => Microsoft Windows => Windows XP => Topic started by: sblev on May 12, 2014, 08:33:33 AM
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I'm having an immense amount of difficulty moving from WinXP to Win7. I keep hitting roadblocks. Right now I can't get the Service Pack 3 self-extracting update to finish installing. I think the file is corrupt. Can someone point me to a source for a self-installing Service Pack 3, other than www.microsoft.com (which always causes problems when i try to download anything from them)?
Thank you
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There is no SP3 for Win7.
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To migrate to Windows 7, you should be able to insert the Windows 7 disc. Boot the system off of that disc and it will give an option for a upgrade install to keep all your data or perform a new clean installation which formats the hard drive and installs Windows 7 clean.
Prior to doing this I would run the Windows 7 compatibility utility to make sure the system meets the requirements etc.
What are the system specs of the system you are upgrading to Windows 7?
If its Windows 7 32-bit I suggest a minimum of 2GB RAM, and if its Windows 7 64-bit I suggest 4GB for best performance.
Windows 7 32-bit can run on 1GB of RAM, but it would be laggy with all the paging to operate with the HDD. Windows 7 64-bit on 2GB of RAM has been laggy.