Planning
prior to upgrading to Windows 7 is critical to organizations. You need to
insure that the tasks your company needs to perform will be supported and the
budget allowed for the upgrade. Prepare your system, and be able to
troubleshoot any problems that could come up. The following are issues that
need to be determined:
·
Will
the hardware be supported or will new hardware need to be purchased
·
Will
the OS support the existing applications?
o
You
must test to make sure it works properly - otherwise the results could be disastrous
- critical applications not working correctly can case extensive downtime
·
Which
Windows Edition to use
·
Upgrade
or Clean installation
o
Backup
existing data - twice
o
Loss
of configuration settings can cause problems
§ Clean install is the easiest way to
deploy WIN7 on a new computer or a computer that you are willing to reformat
(delete all info)
·
Single
or Dual boot installation
·
Install
multiple languages?
Windows PE
3.0 is a stripped down OS version with the Windows 7 operating kernel allowing
admins to boot a computer with no OS installed to start the install.
Windows Easy
Transfer has 2 ways to deploy WIN7 while retaining profile settings: upgrade
and migration.
·
Upgrade
- overwrite existing OS but user profiles remain in place
·
Migration
- copy user profiles from existing OS to a temporary medium and transfer to the
newly clean installation of WIN7
Step by step
instructions for the following are outline in the chapter:
·
Performing
clean installations
·
Installing
third-party disk drivers
·
Working
with installation partitions
·
Using
easy transfer
·
Using
user state migration tool - command line program similar to easy transfer
·
And
more
Perform the
following to ensure the upgrade goes as planned and the data is protected:
·
Run
upgrade advisor
·
Check
hardware compatibility
·
Search
for updated drivers
·
Check
application compatibility
·
Check
disk space
·
Ensuer
computer functionality
·
Perform
a full backup - TWICE - just be safe
·
Purchase
correct edition of Windows 7
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