Switching from XP to Windows 7
ardichoke
Icrontian
As most of you have probably gathered, the motherboard in my desktop bit it earlier this week. I now have the replacement (as well as a shiny new OCZ modular power supply) and the beast is back up and running again. As part of this switch I obviously had to reinstall my OS (I'm running on a RAID array, no way to salvage it since I moved from an nvidia 570 SLi chipset to an AMD 770 chipset). I decided instead of XP that I would move ahead and install Windows 7 RC. I haven't really used Vista so I'm not super familiar with the new file structure Windows is using. I have backups of my old XP user directory. Assuming that I want to restore my application data and whatnot, does everything go in the same place relative to my user folder in Windows 7 or is there a new layout to things?
My backups basically consist of an archive of all files... I used Cobian backup to make incremental backups every 2-3 days.
My backups basically consist of an archive of all files... I used Cobian backup to make incremental backups every 2-3 days.
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MB model #: GA-MA770-DS3 (would be rev 1 cause it doesn't say a rev on the card, right.)
was looking around and found this site:
http://www.opendrivers.com/categorycompany/1364/11250/mainboard-drivers-and-utilities-gigabyte-free-driver-download-page1.html
wondering should i see something in there i need, its mostly gibberish for me.
the main reason i'm switching to 7 is all the minor issues i'm having with my computer right now.
WindXP -> Win7
Documents and Settings\"User"<user>\Application Data\ -> Users\</user>"User"<user><user>\AppData\Roaming
Documents and Settings\<user></user></user></user>"User"<user><user><user>\Local Settings\Application Data -> Users\</user></user></user>"User"<user><user><user><user>\AppData\Local
At least that has worked for me so far. It makes so much sense it's hard to believe Microsoft came up with it.</user></user></user></user>
If your audio driver works, don't install new ones.
If your network driver works, don't install new ones.
If your chipset has Windows 7-ready drivers, install them, otherwise don't use Vista 64 drivers.
If your AHCI/SATA controller has Windows 7-ready drivers, install them, otherwise don't use Vista 64 drivers.
For peripherals like webcams, keyboards and other such devices, Vista 64 drivers are fine.
This will make for the best, most stable experience.
It's probably just the camera.