Upgrading from windows XP tablet PC edition to windows 7

[scerab]

Greetings
I bought a tablet/laptop Fujitsu T4210 in the states and it came with a
genuine version of windows XP tablet PC edition. but then I relocated to the
middle east. and I want to upgrade to windows 7.
My query is as follows:
In order to upgrade to windows 7 do I have to:
1. Upgrade to windows vista, then upgrade to windows 7?
2. Or can I buy the windows 7 upgrade version in middle east, remember I got
my windows XP tablet PC edition in America.
3. Or do I have to just buy the full version of windows 7? (which I think is
a waste to my original version of XP that I have on my tablet).
If there are any other solution please let me know. thanks in advance.

[Rainald Taesler]

Post by scerab
I bought a tablet/laptop Fujitsu T4210 in the states and it came
with a genuine version of windows XP tablet PC edition. but then I
relocated to the middle east. and I want to upgrade to windows 7.
1. Upgrade to windows vista, then upgrade to windows 7?

No. You can "upgrade" directly.

Post by scerab
2. Or can I buy the windows 7 upgrade version in middle east,
remember I got my windows XP tablet PC edition in America.

It won't matter where the existing OS was bought.

Post by scerab
3. Or do I have to just buy the full version of windows 7?

You can buy an Upgrade.
But possibly a full OEM/System Builder version might be cheaper. Search
in the net and on eBay.

Post by scerab
(which I think is a waste to my original version of XP that I have on
my tablet).

Sorry, I do not understand what you mean by this.
Why a"waste"?
What would you want to do with it after having installed Win7 on your
TabletPC?

I hope that you do not think of "upgrading" in the sense of
overinstalling Win7 over the existing system.
Beware of doing that! Win7 is that different that an install without
formatting the drive is a safe way into troubles.

Rainald
P.S. Depending on how old your machine is, there may be no FJS drivers
for Win7.
Check their website for everything available for your machine (all OSs).

[scerab]

ok so what your saying is that i can upgrade an XP tablet PC edition (bought
from the states) to a windows 7 bought in the middle east?
this is the main issue to me really. because upgrading is much cheaper then
buying the whole version of windows 7.

[Brian]

Post by Rainald Taesler
Rainald
P.S. Depending on how old your machine is, there may be no FJS drivers
for Win7.
Check their website for everything available for your machine (all OSs).

My Experience (Fujitsu 4215) With Win 7 upgrade: Works great bit I still
havn't found any Working device driver (screen buttons, screen rotation,
fingerprint Sensor and Smart Card reader , ...).

By the way,if anybody Could help. . ..

thanks

Maurizio

[Rainald Taesler]

Post by Brian

Post by Rainald Taesler
P.S. Depending on how old your machine is, there may be no FJS
drivers for Win7.
Check their website for everything available for your machine (all OSs).

My Experience (Fujitsu 4215) With Win 7 upgrade: Works great bit I
still havn't found any Working device driver (screen buttons, screen
rotation, fingerprint Sensor and Smart Card reader , ...).

Did you try the drivers for Vista (if any) and the old ones from XP
(installing with compatibility mode)?
The latter worked when I installed Vista i my HP/COMPAQ tc1100.
Everything worked there.
I had Win7 installed in a spare HDD but I obviously made a big mistake
with the initial calibration so that I'll have to re-do it.

Rainald

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Scerab
Please note that when migrating from Windows XP to Windows 7 you wil
not have an "in place upgrade" option. You will however have the optio
to select "custom" install when prompted. The Windows 7 install proces
will then copy all of your data in "My Documents" over to a Windows.ol
folder within Windows 7 itself. All applications and documents stored i
other locations will have to be reinstalled / transferred manually.
For more information on the Windows 7 Upgrade, please go here
'Installing and reinstalling Windows 7' (http://tinyurl.com/y9b2lp7
For additional assistance with the migration of Windows XP to Window
7, please go here: 'Windows 7 RC | Support, Deployment, Resources
(http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/ee150430.aspx
Jessic
Microsoft Windows Client Tea

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JessicaD

[Rainald Taesler]

High Jessica,
nice to see someone from MD is jumping in.

Please note that when migrating from Windows XP to Windows 7 you will
not have an "in place upgrade" option.

Right.
And that's good.

You will however have the
option to select "custom" install when prompted. The Windows 7
install process will then copy all of your data in "My Documents"
over to a Windows.old folder within Windows 7 itself. All
applications and documents stored in other locations will have to be
reinstalled / transferred manually.

Yes.
Abd therefore there is no use in "over-installing".
As to my experience one does not gain anything.
It's better to save (backup) all of the data on an external drive and
then make a fresh install "from scratch".
Everything else only is a source for troubles.

Rainald

[JessicaD]

Rainald,

Thank you for your reply. Should you require any additional assistance and
guidance, Microsoft does have an official Windows 7 Support Forum located
here http://tinyurl.com/9fhdl5 . It is supported by product specialists as
well as engineers and support teams.

Jessica
Microsoft Windows Client Team