Upgrading Windows XP to Windows 10!

Upgrading Windows XP to Windows 10 (XP → Vista SP2 → 7 SP1 → 8.1 → 10 22H2)
32-bit Legacy Upgrade Journey in VMware

In this video, I upgrade a Windows XP SP3 system all the way to Windows 10 22H2 — going through every major version along the way:
🪟 XP → Vista (SP2) → 7 Pro (SP1) → 8.1 Pro → 10 Pro (22H2)

All upgrades are done in-place on a single 32-bit system, preserving data and settings as much as possible. To mark the journey, I also write a small note in WordPad after each install to see how the text and fonts carry across versions.

🖥️ System Specs:

1 GB of RAM (512 MB before Vista)

25 GB Disk (10 GB before Vista, 20 GB before Windows 7)

1 CPU Core

VMware Virtual Machine

32-bit versions of all Windows OSes

📜 OS Versions Used:

Windows XP Professional SP3

Windows Vista Home Premium SP2

Windows 7 Professional SP1

Windows 8.1 Professional

Windows 10 Professional 22H2

📄 Bonus: A WordPad note is created and updated through each upgrade. Can a simple text file survive all these Windows versions?

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