All seems to have gone good, didn't take that long did a clean install from Vista home premium 32bit to 7 home premium 64bit, installed the 64bit drivers from HP for my system, Avast home - updated, ran Windows updates but didn't install drivers for my sound or wireless from there, went to the Chinese buffet got carry out and came home and ate.
Now I have some programs to install and get my files back on from my usb hd.
Seems to be faster but that could all be in my head too!