You understand correctly, to a point. That's how Bill G wants you to use
that upgrade disk, but.....
http://www.winsupersite.com/showcase...rade_clean.asp
Val
"Rob" <not_on@usenet.us> wrote in message
news:5cs6i.74017$OT4.19169@newsfe19.lga...
>I purchased the upgrade version of Vista Business and would appreciate
> verification of what I've found:
>
> When doing the upgrade, it required a pre-existing installation of a valid
> O/S, like WinXP SP2. It is not sufficient to input just a license key
> from
> the older valid O/S, so if you ever need to re-install Vista, you have to
> reinstall the older O/S first. Ouch.
>
> Is that right or did I miss something?
>
>
> Rob B.