Upgrade Win XP to Win 10

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CWF1

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I haven't used Windows for a long time. I recently installed Parallels 12 and today found and installed my old Win XP. According to Parallels site I can't upgrade directly from XP to 10. What's the easiest or best way to upgrade to Win 10?
Thanks,
Charlie
 
Hi @CWF1
Windows XP isn't eligible for the upgrade to Windows 10. You'll have to do a clean installation of Windows 10, as there's no way to upgrade and keep your files, settings, and programs. It isn't a limitation of Windows 10 but of XP.
However, I'd recommend installing Windows 10 & map the virtual hard disk of Windows XP to restore data. If you have any applications that run on Windows XP, please check their system requirements and reinstall.
 
I have the same situation as above. I just installed windows 10, but would like to know please how I can "map the virtual hard disk of Windows XP to restore data". Thanks
 
Raja2 said:
I have the same situation as above. I just installed windows 10, but would like to know please how I can "map the virtual hard disk of Windows XP to restore data". Thanks
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Hi Raja2. Please follow the steps from this article to add the Windows XP hard disk as a secondary virtual disk to the Windows 10 VM. Please note that you can restore only the data files and you need to reinstall all your programs once again.
 
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