I have a windows xp netbook that works really well but does not have all the newer functions of windows vista or 7. Is it possible that if i went to bestbuy they would be able to upgrade my netbook to a later version?
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Hello Eric,
You can upgrade to Windows 7, no problem. You can purchase your upgrade from any trusted vendor and follow these step-by-step instructions to upgrade:http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows7/help/upgrading-from-windows-xp-to-windows-7.
Cheers,
Tara
Windows Outreach Team
>Is it possible that if i went to bestbuy they would be able to upgrade my netbook to a later version?
I strongly doubt that they would do it for you. It’s not the kind of service they offer…
To upgrade to Windows 7 you’d need to buy a Windows 7 upgrade pack. You can then use a program called WinToFlash ( http://wintoflash.com/home/en/ ) to make a USB flash stick bootable, and the copy the contents of the disk into it.
This allows you to install Windows 7 on your netbook (which lacks a optical disk drive).
depending on your netbook spec..
don’t upgrade to windows vista, xp is good enough for a netbook.
yes,it is possible
If your netbook meets the minimum system requirements, you can install Windows 7. System Requirements are
* 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
If you need more assistance on this, contact http://www.247techies.com/ for immediate Microsoft tech support