Along with Windows 7 public RC, Microsoft has also released the Windows 7 upgrade advisor.

What is Upgrade advisor ?

It is a tool / program which helps you to determine whether all hardware and software present in your PC / notebook is compatible with the new OS, in which you plan to upgrade !!!

In this case Windows 7 upgrade advisor can be installed on Windows XP / Windows Vista to find out all software and attached hardware are fully compatible with Windows 7 or not.. Basically it lets you know that whether your PC can run Win7 without any issue or not !!

Where to get Windows 7 upgrade advisor ?

Can you run Win7 ??

The beta version of this software is available free for download -> http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows-7/upgrade-advisor.aspx

How to run Windows 7 upgrade advisor ?

The installation is very much straight forward !!

Windows 7 Upgrade advisor Installation

Once launched, it takes few minutes to scan the system to gather information and generate the final report.

Windows 7 upgrade advisor

In my case, I am running this tool under a Lenovo Notebook running Windows XP x86 SP3 on a 15GB HDD partition. You may see at this attached report card generated by the tool has found system needs a clean installation (upgrade not possible) along with HDD upgrade due to small size of it. Else, the computer is ready for Windows 7.

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