Colin,
Since you now appear to be the most knowledgeable person monitoring the
Newsgroup on this issue. I have two questions.
1. If a user has recently purchased a 64bit system running XP for which the
vendor is making available a free upgrade to Vista does your last post mean
that he will have to do a totally clean install instead of being able to do
an iinplace install?
2. Will the new Vista WET application support the transfer of all files and
registry entries created by 3rd party applications in addition to those
installed by MS applications such as Office etc.
"Colin Barnhorst" <colinbarharst@msn.com> wrote in message
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> As you already know, you will not be able to do an in-place-upgrade with
> either the full or upgrade editions of Vista x64. You can only do a
> custom install. You CAN use a Vista x64 upgrade edition (meaning that you
> will not be required to purchase a full edition as once was thought) but
> you will still have to reinstall your apps and customize your folder
> structure all over again. As you indicated, you will not be able to run
> Vista x64 setup from your present desktop. However, you can run Vista x64
> upgrade edition Setup by booting with the x64 dvd. Unfortunately, the
> upgrade option will be disabled.
>
> Use the Vista Windows Easy Transfer wizard to save your files and settings
> from your old OS and restore them after installing Vista x64. Then
> reinstall your programs. WET supports transfers from 32bit XP to 64bit
> Vista nicely.
>
> I know this is not what you want to hear. Sorry.
>
> "Stu" <Stu@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>> Hi all,
>>
>> I can't find the answer to this one. I am running XP Pro 32 Bit on one
>> partition. I have the 64 Bit Vista Ultimate (RC1) on another partition.
>> when
>> I installed this I had to boot from the DVD as XP wouldn't allow me to
>> run
>> the 64 bit install from within XP.
>>
>> When the Vista final comes out at the end of the month ideally I would
>> like
>> to retain my existing programme structure (my wife will go ballistic if I
>> have to reinstall SIMS 2 and all the packs!!!!) so obviously the in-place
>> upgrade is the way to go. But will this be possible with the final
>> release ie
>> to migrate from 32 bit computing to 64 bit whilst retaining my existing
>> programme structure?
>>
>> Not holding my breath on this but I suspect it could affect quite a few
>> folk
>> who have 64 bit processors but never previously run a 64 bit OS.
>>
>> Cheers
>