Preparing your PC for a migration to a new operating system isn’t so straightforward, particularly if you are using an older OS such as Windows XP. For this reason Paragon have released their System Upgrade Utilities 2010 Suite, consisting of three Paragon tools, which includes Partition Manager 10 Personal, Virtualisation Manager, as well as a WinPE-based Recovery CD.
This is probably suited to more advanced users, whilst the Laplink Windows 7 Upgrade Assistant is more suitable for novice users.