Chapter 2. Installing, Upgrading, and Migrating to Windows 7

This chapter covers the following 70-680 Objectives: Installing, Upgrading, and Migrating to Windows 7: Perform a clean installation Upgrade to Windows 7 from previous versions of Windows Migrate user profiles Deploying Windows 7: Capture a system image Prepare a system image for deployment Deploy a system image Configure a VHD Monitoring and Maintaining Systems That Run Windows 7: Configure updates to Windows 7

This chapter discusses how to install and deploy Windows 7 so that you can start using it. If you have a new machine, you do a clean installation. If you have an older machine with an operating system already on it, you need to choose between doing a clean installation or upgrading the current installation. Either way, you need to make sure you have the system resources available that allow for some modest growth.