You'll need to back up any files you want to keep.  Use Acronis r something else and you can get a disk image of the whole thing that you can then restore files from as needed.
Even better idea:
Have your IT team or you can do it if you're the IT team - Download a copy of VMware Workstation and install on your new Windows 7/8 machine. 
Then run the VMware  Converter program to Virtualize your old XP desktop and it will copy over a LIVE version of the XP box that you can fire up within your new PC as needed. 
Think of it as your new Windows 7/8 machine running an XP LPAR. 
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message: 5
date: Thu, 1 May 2014 18:53:13 -0500
from: "Jerry C. Adams" <midrange@xxxxxxxx>
subject: RE: old versions of Client Access on system
On a similar note, but coming from the other end, I'm going to upgrade my PC
from XP Pro to Win7.  I have System i Access for Windows Version 6 Release 1
installed.  I have workstation definitions (display files and printers)
defined using specific ids.  Will I need to move those to some other folder
after the upgrade?  Any other thing(s) I need to do afterwards?
Re-reading this several times, I realize it probably doesn't make a lot of
sense.  Never worked with W7 before, but I read that the security and
file/folder structure is a bit different from what I've grown used to over
the years.  So please excuse the badly formed questions.
Jerry C. Adams
IBM i Programmer/Analyst
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