Mark S-123

Very interesting responses, because I just installed Ultimate Upgrade onto a
new blank drive from XP on the other drive. I did custom and it asked me if I
wanted clean or upgrade. When I took clean it asked me where (which drive) I
wanted Vista on.

I now have a dual boot system. I get a peompt at boot up. Do I want XP or
Vista and they both work fine.

Mark

"Betatesterzz" wrote:

> Thanks for everyone help.
>
> "Dennis Pack" wrote:
>
> > Betatesterzz:
> > The XP license is rolled into the Vista upgrade license, to keep the
> > XP license you would need the full version of Vista. The time limit on the
> > Family Pack is for the purchase, since the license doesn't expire you could
> > install it at anytime. Have a great day.
> >
> > --
> > Dennis Pack
> > XP x64, Vista Enterprise x64
> > Office2007
> > "Betatesterzz" <Betatesterzz@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:FA0EA55E-8ABB-4621-9B71-1BF84CF7C960@microsoft.com...
> > >I ordered the Vista Ultimate upgrade and plan to get the family pack.
> > >
> > > Info: My primary system has 3 hard drives 2x74gb raptors in raid O and
> > > 1x400gb seagate.
> > >
> > > I plan to reinstall windows xp pro onto the primary partion of the 400gb.
> > > Then I plan to do a custom clean install of vista onto the Raid 0:
> > > raptors.
> > >
> > > Vista just makes sure you have and activated non oem copy installed into
> > > your system right.
> > >
> > > Then I'll set my raid are 1st boot option. When I want to boot to xp
> > > I'll
> > > just disable my raid drives and boot from the 400gb drive. I'm doing this
> > > because not many programs/hardware I have are fully vista compatable(or
> > > run
> > > perfectly on it yet, some are still beta drivers and not as fully
> > > functional
> > > in vista yet).
> > >
> > > My quetsion are:
> > >
> > > 1) Is this allowed?
> > > 2) When you use an upgarde vista dvd does it delete or make windows xp non
> > > functional?
> > > 3)Are my assumptions correct in that Vista upgrade dvd will let you do a
> > > custom install into another primary partion and another drive once it has
> > > verifed your system has windows xp installed?
> > >
> > > Family deal($50 each). 2 copies of xp home premium upgrade keys/LIS.
> > >
> > > 1)Is there time limits to when you have to install these os?
> > >
> > > Meaning I want to upgrade the videocards and processors on my other 2 xp
> > > systems before upgrading to vista home premium. Iam afraid that if I
> > > install
> > > these OS onto the 2 systems I'll have problems down the road when I do
> > > major
> > > upgardes.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >