How to Upgrade to Windows 7
Step 4: Moving your files and settings back to your computer
After you’ve installed Windows 7, now you’re ready to run Windows Easy Transfer again and move your files and settings back to your computer.
Be sure you run Windows Easy Transfer before you reinstall your programs. That’s because Windows Easy Transfer moves your files back to where your old programs will expect them to be when you reinstall them.
User accounts from Windows XP are moved to Windows 7.
