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Re: Repair install Vista - same as XP?
You'll only have that option if setup is run from within Vista and it is the
same architecture (x86 with x86, x64 with x64)
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Mark Dietz
PROnetworks <http://www.pro-networks.org>
Joe727 wrote:
> I've never upgraded to XP from 9x. I only did clean installs.
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> So, what you are saying is that if I insert the Vista DVD, I can "upgrade"
> the existing Vista OS which is on a separate partition?
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> This is the same as a repair installation in XP?
>
> Joe
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> "Mark Dietz" <imnuts@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:%23VvrCuLlGHA.4828@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>> No, due to the method of installation that Vista uses, you can not do a
>> "Repair" install of Vista. You can do an in-place upgrade, where you
>> "upgrade" vista as if you were upgrading XP, or possibly use the repair
>> tools from booting from the DVD, but there isn't a repair install
>> function.
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>> Mark Dietz
>> PROnetworks <http://www.pro-networks.org>
>>
>> Joe727 wrote:
>>> Hi - is the Repair install function of Vista the same as XP Pro Retail?
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>>
>>> Joe
>>>
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