Mac Boot Camp: XP 32-bit Upgrade to Windows 7 (W7) 64-bit

What I have discovered:

  • There is a W7 upgrade product but it only works from Vista, not XP.
  • Furthermore, the upgrade to W7 64-bit only works nondestructively from Vista 64-bit.
  • So I might as well do a clean install…
    • (Which is probably wise in any case)
  • …and from a Full (not Upgrade) version of W7
  • Will initially try it on an experimental system disk.
    •  Want to be sure of no significant issues before committing the main system.
  • One of the things to confirm is whether any of the (few but vital) progs I have that only run on XP will be able to run in W7’s “Virtual PC” (which has XP SP3).

 Research:

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