Upgrade Windows® XP in HP Pavilion® p6310t CTO Desktop PC

Are you interested in upgrading Windows® XP® in HP Pavilion p6310t CTO Desktop PC?

Upgrading your Windows XP operating system is not a very easy process and it implies a lot of factors that must be taken into account. If want to upgrade your Windows XP to the latest operating system released by Microsoft i.e. Windows 7, you must upgrade your Windows XP to Windows Vista and then to Windows 7. Moreover, you should not start the upgrading process immediately. First of all, you need to some research regarding the capabilities of your computer to support Windows Vista and Windows 7.

Details and tips to upgrade Windows XP in HP Pavilion p6310t CTO Desktop PC:

• Perform some checks
• Information backup and migration
• Drivers
• Upgrade the Windows XP operating system
• Important issues

Perform some checks

The first thing you need to do when you want to upgrade your computer Windows XP to the newer Windows 7 is to check if the computer hardware supports Windows 7 or not. Because Windows 7 has been, somehow, out for many years your computer hardware might not be able to support the more demanding Window 7 version. Window 7 requirements are 1 GB RAM for 32-bit version or 2 GB RAM for 64-bit version, 1 GHz processor for 32-bit or 64-bit version, the available space on the disk must be of 16 GB for 32-bit version and of 20 GB for 64-bit version. You must also have DirectX 9 graphics device having at least WDDM 1.0.

Information backup and migration

It is a very good thing to backup your important files, information and settings before starting the upgrade process. Make sure that you have selected and backed up all the important data that you might need in the future.

Check your HP Pavilion p6310t CTO Desktop PC manufacturer’s webpage and see if there are new Windows 7 drivers available. The older drivers don’t always work properly and this situation is very common at Windows XP drivers. You might be able to use a display driver for Windows XP with the Windows 7 Beta and take into account the fact that this driver might not work at all when it is about Windows 7 RC.

Insert the installation CD in your computer and restart it. After booting from the DVD you must only follow the indications prompted on the screen. You must choose Advanced Install (Custom) and then the system drive (mainly C from your Windows XP) as a partition where you want to setup Windows 7. After the installation is completed boot directly in Windows 7.

Before installing other applications you must install a protection program. You should protect your computer with an antivirus and an antispyware program if you want to avoid a virus infection. Backup only those files and information that are not infected or corrupted.