On Sun, 11 Feb 2007 21:35:03 -0500, "Mickey Segal"
<not_monitored@example.com> spake thusly:
>I did a (non-clean) upgrade from XP to Vista, and find that Vista is hanging
>and crashing a lot. I'm not sure how much of this is bugginess of Vista
>itself and how much is the problems of non-clean upgrades. If this gets any
>worse I'll need to start again. Since I've already activated my copy of
>Vista, what are my options?
>
>Do I need to do a recovery install of XP first, and can I even do a recovery
>install of XP if I used my copy of XP for the upgrade?
>
>Can I do a clean installation using my current Vista installation?
>
>Does a clean installation wipe out just Windows or wipe out all information
>on the hard drive?
A clean install is just that. Clean. No trace of your previous OS. I
thought that was an option with the upgrade version (everything from
the old install is moved to an "old" folder (but I could be wrong).
On the other hand if you have the upgrade version and want to do an
install with no trace of a previous version of Windows on your hard
drive, then check this out:
http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=5932
--
Scott
http://angrykeyboarder.com
A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text.
Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?