Install using the upgrade disc?

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Tarak

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I am using Win Vista, 32bit
I have a upgrade disc to vista 32bit
Can I possibly use that to re-install my OS
I have a virus
Or
I want Win 7 too, so can i upgrade to that by paying less? If not i will stick with vista.
Thx a lot guys.
 

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Tarak said:
I am using Win Vista, 32bit
I have a upgrade disc to vista 32bit
Can I possibly use that to re-install my OS
I have a virus
Or
I want Win 7 too, so can i upgrade to that by paying less? If not i will stick with vista.
Thx a lot guys.
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If you still have the activation code for the currently installed version Vista then yes you can use the upgrade disk to reinstall Vista, as long as it's not a different version (only a Home Premium activation code can activate a Home Premium disk etc)

Both the upgrade and the full install disks are identical, the only difference is the serial code which is provided when you buy them (upgrade disks can only upgrade from XP, whereas a normal full code can be installed on any machine, regardless of whether it has Windows on it already).

Once you have Vista reinstalled you can then upgrade to Seven if you wish using a Windows Seven upgrade disk.

If you have anymore questions please ask.

Oh and if you don't want to do a clean install to remove your virus why not start a thread asking how to remove it, but that's up to you.

Oli
 

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osholt said:
Tarak said:
I am using Win Vista, 32bit
I have a upgrade disc to vista 32bit
Can I possibly use that to re-install my OS
I have a virus
Or
I want Win 7 too, so can i upgrade to that by paying less? If not i will stick with vista.
Thx a lot guys.
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If you still have the activation code for the currently installed version Vista then yes you can use the upgrade disk to reinstall Vista, as long as it's not a different version (only a Home Premium activation code can activate a Home Premium disk etc)

Both the upgrade and the full install disks are identical, the only difference is the serial code which is provided when you buy them (upgrade disks can only upgrade from XP, whereas a normal full code can be installed on any machine, regardless of whether it has Windows on it already).

Once you have Vista reinstalled you can then upgrade to Seven if you wish using a Windows Seven upgrade disk.

If you have anymore questions please ask.

Oh and if you don't want to do a clean install to remove your virus why not start a thread asking how to remove it, but that's up to you.

Oli
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but what do i put for the key
Can i use the key found at the bottom (under) the laptop????
thx a lot guys
 

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Tarak said:
osholt said:
Tarak said:
I am using Win Vista, 32bit
I have a upgrade disc to vista 32bit
Can I possibly use that to re-install my OS
I have a virus
Or
I want Win 7 too, so can i upgrade to that by paying less? If not i will stick with vista.
Thx a lot guys.
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If you still have the activation code for the currently installed version Vista then yes you can use the upgrade disk to reinstall Vista, as long as it's not a different version (only a Home Premium activation code can activate a Home Premium disk etc)

Both the upgrade and the full install disks are identical, the only difference is the serial code which is provided when you buy them (upgrade disks can only upgrade from XP, whereas a normal full code can be installed on any machine, regardless of whether it has Windows on it already).

Once you have Vista reinstalled you can then upgrade to Seven if you wish using a Windows Seven upgrade disk.

If you have anymore questions please ask.

Oh and if you don't want to do a clean install to remove your virus why not start a thread asking how to remove it, but that's up to you.

Oli
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but what do i put for the key
Can i use the key found at the bottom (under) the laptop????
thx a lot guys
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Yes, it should work straight away.

If it doesn't then it will only take a quick call to Microsoft to sort it out but out of the the considerable amount of times I've had to reinstall Windows that's never happened so I would highly doubt you'll run into problems.

Oli
 

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There is one more problem.
I have 185 GB of hard dish
I gave 50GB for my Ubuntu
and the rest is for Vista
If i m re-installing Vista using the upgrade disc
Do u have any ideas that it will ask me a question saying how much space you want to give to Vista?
THX AGAIN :)
 

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Tarak said:
There is one more problem.
I have 185 GB of hard dish
I gave 50GB for my Ubuntu
and the rest is for Vista
If i m re-installing Vista using the upgrade disc
Do u have any ideas that it will ask me a question saying how much space you want to give to Vista?
THX AGAIN :)
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It won't ask you anything like that.

It will ask you which partition on your HDD you would like to install Vista on.

Your HDD is already partitioned into 2 major parts, 135GB Primary NTFS and 50GB Primary EXT3.

As long as you pick the 135GB Windows Partition everything should run smoothly.

The only problem that could arise is that the wrong boot loader is installed and you may have to fiddle about with bootladers to get into Ubuntu but we'll cross that bridge if and when we come to it.

Oli
 

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My disc, says
'Upgrade my Windows Vista Experience'
So I can still use it to install Home Premuim eh?
I think I am gonna install it today or tomorrow.
Thx a lot guys, you guys made it easier for me.
This was the last question
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I don't know whether or not that's home premium or not, I think the only way to tell is to boot into it and see what the installer says (before you install it).

Oli
 

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    External USB 3.5" 1TB (HFS+)
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