Windows 7 question

Discussion in 'Computer and Gadget Help Center' started by Dark Scyth, Oct 24, 2010.

  1. Dark Scyth

    Dark Scyth Moderator

    Joined:
    Mar 3, 2009
    Messages:
    2,594
    Likes Received:
    459
    Have a question about upgrading from Vista to Win 7. When you upgrade and you choose Custom (advanced) will it delete all of your files like videos, music anything like that. As there is a laptop that is in need of fixing and they really would like to keep their data. I can't access Vista on their PC because they get a log in error and even in safe mode its not possible to log in, I believe I know how I can fix that error but if not I would like to know if doing a Custom (advanced) install will keep the files. I would just use the upgrade feature but I can't do this because it says to load up Vista first and then do the upgrade and I can't access Vista at all, all I can do it get it to load from disc.
     
  2. delhanh

    delhanh PS3 Contributor

    Joined:
    Jul 2, 2009
    Messages:
    205
    Likes Received:
    17
    Location:
    Australia
    i would recomend using ubuntu live cd to access the files, then copy then to a portable hdd, as this is what i did when my computer crashed :)
    i sorry but i cant answer your original question, as im using vista and not 7 :)

    Ubuntu homepage | Ubuntu
     
    Dark Scyth likes this.
  3. jessenic

    jessenic Minecraft Guy

    Joined:
    Nov 17, 2008
    Messages:
    276
    Likes Received:
    77
    Location:
    Finland
    Custom mode just moves old files to c:\windows.old so it doesn't delete anything.
     
    Dark Scyth likes this.
  4. Dark Scyth

    Dark Scyth Moderator

    Joined:
    Mar 3, 2009
    Messages:
    2,594
    Likes Received:
    459
    I thought that was all that it did but couldn't remember and wanted to be completely sure. I also forgot about the option of using Ubuntu which is indeed an awesome option.
     
  5. alexlloyd54

    alexlloyd54 New Member

    Joined:
    Nov 15, 2009
    Messages:
    3
    Likes Received:
    0
    I once run into something similar to this scenario, at that time I didn't have a mini (WinPE) which i have now, to be able to boot and copy my files and documents to a save place

    What i did was a (not so quick & dirty way) was that I took the drive out of the PC, connect it to another PC as a secondary drive and then extracted all my files :(

    you should always have a bootable CD or even a USB with some sort of (Mini System) for this kind of situations.
     
  6. Lance

    Lance New Member

    Joined:
    Dec 30, 2010
    Messages:
    3
    Likes Received:
    0
    I think when I install the win 7 from starting then all the files will be deleted. If we upgrade the windows then it will not be deleted our files. It just upgrade only.
     
  7. jessenic

    jessenic Minecraft Guy

    Joined:
    Nov 17, 2008
    Messages:
    276
    Likes Received:
    77
    Location:
    Finland
    Custom mode is not deleting anything if you choose to not format your hdd. It moves your old files to C:\Windows.old as I said earlier.
     

Share This Page