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XP to Win7

I have been researching so I don't have any problems when we move to Windows 7 Pro 64bit.  
We are currently on XP SP3  32 bit and some of my resources say to use the Easy Windows Transfer free program to save off files and then move then back after the Window 7 clean install.

I don't see (For definite) that this applies to Windows XP SP3 32 bit and moving over to Windows 7 64 bit

I can "assume" that its okay, but I don't want to Loose a bunch of my users files etc.

Any tips or things to watch out for is appreciated.

I do realize this is a clean install of Windows 7
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1) You can never do an in-place upgrade from 32 to 64 bit
2) All programs need to be reinstalled
3) All that can be done is to save your documents, favorites and other similar settings using the transfer tool

If you were attempting to upgrade to another 32 bit version, you could do an in-place upgrade to Vista for the sole purpose of doing a subsequent upgrade to WIN 7... However, since you state you will ALSO be upgrading from 32 to 64 bit, this is not an option!
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Yes, as I said, I know this is a CLEAN install.   Not an upgrade.   And I do know that programs have to be reinstalled.     But before I used the Easy Transfer, I wanted to be sure it works going from 32 bit to 64 bit.  I would hate to use easy transfer on my 32 bit machine and then not be able to transfer the information back because it's a 64 bit OS after the clean install
Easy Windows Transfer only transfers documents and some settings.

You will have to re-install all the programs as mentioned above.

How many computers are you doing? Is this a domain environment? Are you buying a volume license for Windows 7? If you get me the answers to those questions I can help you simplify the process for sure!

If it is a domain environment you can setup folder redirection on the Windows XP machines, build an image for the new Windows 7 machines, do a lot of the setup through Group Policy and it will make the transition very easy.

I have done about 4 transitions as I described above with network ranging from 10 to 50 computers.
I will be doing about 20 machines in a domain envoirnment.    We actually have individual Windows 7 licenses.
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Awesome.   Thanks for the information