3. Migrating from XP to Windows 7
One of the most looked-for features in Windows 7 is a software upgrade directly from Windows XP to Windows 7. The reasons are simple and straightforward: there are three times as many XP licenses out there as Vista licenses, and many large corporate customers have specifically asked for an XP upgrade capability. In this, we are disappointed, because although Microsoft will allow a license upgrade from Windows XP to Windows 7, no software upgrade exists—you must perform a clean installation of Windows 7 and migrate your data into the new OS installation.
In fact, if you try to perform an in-place upgrade, you’ll see the error message shown in Figure 3.1.
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