Re: Win 7 - Upgrading Inspiron E1505

wrote:
> I'm getting ready to upgrade my Inspiron E1505 to Win 7 from Vista. I
> ran the Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor and had the following programs
> listed with concerns:
>
> - ATI Catalyst Install Manager
> - Catalyst Control Centre
>
> The above two were recommended to uninstall and reinstall after
> upgrade. I don't recall ever using these programs - what are they and
> how important are they?
>
> - Broadcom Management Programs
>
> Advisor stated that "you may experience issues running this program" -
> not sure what this program is or how important it is to the laptop
> performance.
>
> Any thoughts on the above would be appreciated.
>
> Thanks
> Charlie

That message assumes you're doing an in place upgrade. I highly
recommend that you ignore that and do a clean install. Takes longer up
front but avoids a world of head aches later on down the road.

Bob

wrote:

> By doing a clean install, you mean to "format" the C drive and then
> install or is there another approach that does not lose all the
> installed programs and data?
>
> Thanks
> Charlie

Back up the data and reinstall all your programs. Start the Windows
setup and choose custom.

Bob

"Bob Levine" <> wrote in message
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> wrote:
>> I'm getting ready to upgrade my Inspiron E1505 to Win 7 from Vista. I
>> ran the Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor and had the following programs
>> listed with concerns:
>>
>> - ATI Catalyst Install Manager
>> - Catalyst Control Centre
>>
>> The above two were recommended to uninstall and reinstall after
>> upgrade. I don't recall ever using these programs - what are they and
>> how important are they?
>>
>> - Broadcom Management Programs
>>
>> Advisor stated that "you may experience issues running this program" -
>> not sure what this program is or how important it is to the laptop
>> performance.
>>
>> Any thoughts on the above would be appreciated.
>>
>> Thanks
>> Charlie
>
> That message assumes you're doing an in place upgrade. I highly recommend
> that you ignore that and do a clean install. Takes longer up front but
> avoids a world of head aches later on down the road.
>
> Bob

wonder how many folks can't do that...

ie - programs that were downloaded, or have streamed updates,
and may no longer be avail for downloading or updating.
I tend to keep everything I manually download,
but have no way of grabbing any instream updates.

As I keep more and more tools that work just fine with XP,
the entire issue of upgrading to Vista or 7 becomes a nightmare.