MICHAEL

"Rock" <rock@nospam.net> wrote in message news:uHJ97KBSHHA.1228@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> "EJR" <ejruthenberg@comcast.net> wrote
>
>>I did an upgrade from XP pro to Vista Ultimate. Now there are a number of
>>annoyances that I wonder if a clean install can fix. Can I do a clean
>>install to another drive? I've already activated Vista.
>
>
> The Vista license does not allow for two installations of Vista with the
> same license at the same time, but you can do a custom install using the
> upgrade Vista edition. If you have data on the current Vista installation
> that you want to move to the new one, first run the Windows Easy Transfer
> (WET) to save the data and settings to a USB drive or DVD/CD. Reinstall XP,
> activate, do the custom install (apps and data will not be migrated. The XP
> install will be placed in the windows.old folder), then reinstall apps from
> original media and restore the data and settings with WET. Delete the
> windows.old folder.

Please, explain to me why the user would have to reinstall XP?
That's been shown not to be true.

That is not necessary, you know that. In fact, to repair a sluggish Vista
install- all I did was put in the disk, chose custom install and all turned
out peachy.

The OP *might* have to phone in activation, but he might have to
do that anyway. I guarantee you this, that phone call would be shorter
and lot less hassle than reinstalling XP and then Vista.


-Michael