[billyo]

just got my pc world mags. and this is what i read "you can't do an " inplace" upgrade from xp to 7, you'll have to do what's called " clean " install, which means restoring backed up data, re-creating settings throughout windows, and re-installing all apps.

Here are the system requirements for Windows 7 :

1Ghz or faster 32-bit ( x86 ) or 64-bit (64-bit) processor
1GB of RAM ( 32-bit) or 2GB of RAM (64-bit)
16GB available hard disk space (32-bit) or 20GB (64-bit)
DirectX 9 graphics processor with WDDM 1.0 or higher drive.

" and make sure to make a disc image of your windows xp to revert back "