What kind of hardware changes you have to do before installation so that Windows 7 can work smoothly?

Question

Suppose you have Windows XP in your Personnel Computer but you want to upgrade it to Windows 7. So do you think that you will have any problem if you install Windows 7 on your computer or what kind of hardware changes you have to do before installation so that Windows 7 can work smoothly?

Answer 1

if you have a good pc from 2006-2011 then you can install windows 7(and u can install them on older machines but maybe the drivers be a problem) and i have to say u must have at least 1 gb of RAM to install windows 7.



HERE ARE THE SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS FOR WIN7:

If you want to run Windows 7 on your PC, here's what it takes:



1 gigahertz (GHz) or faster 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64) processor



1 gigabyte (GB) RAM (32-bit) or 2 GB RAM (64-bit)



16 GB available hard disk space (32-bit) or 20 GB (64-bit)



DirectX 9 graphics device with WDDM 1.0 or higher driver

Answer 2

To be sure simply run the win 7 compatibility test ( Upgrade Advisor) provided by Microsoft...

and let MIcrosoft do the work!

http://windows.microsoft.com/upgradeadvisor

Answer 3

Just insert the Win 7 disc and begin installation. When the disc opens, you see a window where you get an option to check compatibility. Click on that. Windows will automatically check it for you. You must be connected to the internet.

Answer 4

Run the Win 7 Upgrade Adviser from Microsoft. It will tell you exactly what if any problems you will have on your PC.



http://windows.microsoft.com/upgradeadvisor