Microsoft "in-place" upgrades Windows Vista to the new Windindows 7

Microsoft "in-place" upgrades Windows Vista to the new Windindows 7 > 20 H's

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Anonymous
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http://www.pcworld.com/article/171897/windows_7_upgrades_block_out_a_day.html?loomia_ow=t0:s0:a41:g26:r49:c0.000234:b27713386:z0

Microsoft said that some "in-place" upgrades from Windows Vista to the new Windows 7 may take some users more than 20 hours to complete.

Posted 14 years ago #
Khai
Member

you'll find that article was 'cherry picked' for the sensational aspect.

the 20 hours quoted was for a system with a HUGE amount of data and represented the 'worst' case for doing that kind of upgrade... tho the journo that wrote the article did'nt point that out.

Posted 14 years ago #
Anonymous
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well he did said on it's 650GB of data that is big my 3.1 hard-disk is only 40 MB
The best that users can hope for is a 1 hour and 24 minute,
The medium user profile, for example, assumed 70GB of data and 20 applications; the super user profile, on the other hand, contained 650GB of data and 40 applications.

Clean installs, on the other hand, were much faster

Posted 14 years ago #

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