It's a clean install, but you're saving time by bringing lots of little things over like browser history, favorites, usernames, passwords, subtle settings. I may start selling T-shirts containing my disclaimers in case they are in any way unclear.Ĭlean Install + Migrate: You can certainly 'migrate' your settings from an old machine to a new one still doing a clean install. One day you'll show up and I'll have been fired, drawn and quartered and this site will be all 404s. It's very likely wrong or complete nonsense. This is not official anything and it's a blog. I'm just a techie dude who happens to work for the Big Blue Monster. Most people have decent internet speeds and there's just nothing quite like the fresh minty smell of a new install.ĭisclaimer: I don't work for the Windows team and I wrote this post in the dead of night completely off the clock on a PalmPilot so there might be no confusion about my motives. Personally, I think Windows 7 is a good time to do a 'clean' install. New OS for all the cousins and uncles and what-not is always a highlight of my year. I'm looking forward, as IT Manager for the Hanselman Family, to upgrading everyone.

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