I have a copy of Premium vista 64 (pre loaded) and I got the vista ultimate 64 install disk. Am I able to upgrade through the install feature without losing any of my files?
upgrading vista
- Thread starter Hopeless
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Hi Hopeless,
Welcome to Vista Forums.
Since Ultimate is a higher edition then Premium, you should be able to run the Vista installation from within your Vista Home Premium and run the Upgrade option to Ultimate. As always, make backups of anything you do not want to lose to be safe.
Shawn
Welcome to Vista Forums.
Since Ultimate is a higher edition then Premium, you should be able to run the Vista installation from within your Vista Home Premium and run the Upgrade option to Ultimate. As always, make backups of anything you do not want to lose to be safe.
Shawn
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I think it depends on whether or not you got the "clean' install or the Upgrade package. I know that on my new install version of Ultimate the upgrade option was not clickable. Which in a way is strange because if someone paid 100 or so extra bucks for the new install version when they wanted the upgrade, Microsoft should let them lol.
I'm interested in the response from the pro's because at one point I had the OEM version (which I think you have since it was pre-installed) and my understanding was that it had no Microsoft support AND it was not upgradeable. Since I found this site I don't give a big fat rats butt about the "official' Microsoft support, it pales in comparison, but I DO care about the up-gradeability (lol i invented a new word according to this sites dictionary) factor as I want to install Vista on my daughters computer and the OEM stuff is 1/2 at least as expensive as the "retail" version.
Sorry, I got off track, if you DO have the upgrade feature you shouldn't lose your files.
I'm interested in the response from the pro's because at one point I had the OEM version (which I think you have since it was pre-installed) and my understanding was that it had no Microsoft support AND it was not upgradeable. Since I found this site I don't give a big fat rats butt about the "official' Microsoft support, it pales in comparison, but I DO care about the up-gradeability (lol i invented a new word according to this sites dictionary) factor as I want to install Vista on my daughters computer and the OEM stuff is 1/2 at least as expensive as the "retail" version.
Sorry, I got off track, if you DO have the upgrade feature you shouldn't lose your files.
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- 2 e-GeForce 9800GX2(SLI mode)
- Hard Drives
- WD1500AHFD
(Raptor 150 GB 10,000 RPM)
I have the experience on 2 systems.
1 With X64, i had the upgrade option greyed out.
1 With X32, it went smoothly though it took about 2 hours if i remember.
Sid.
1 With X64, i had the upgrade option greyed out.
1 With X32, it went smoothly though it took about 2 hours if i remember.
Sid.
My Computer
Hi Emugg & Sid,
If you boot from the Vista installation DVD, you will have only the Custom option for the Full version and both Custom and Upgrade for the Upgrade version of Vista.
If you run the installation DVD from within Vista, you will have both the Custom and Upgrade option to choose from. This is will be for either the Upgrade or Full version Vista installation DVD.
Hope this helps,
Shawn
If you boot from the Vista installation DVD, you will have only the Custom option for the Full version and both Custom and Upgrade for the Upgrade version of Vista.
If you run the installation DVD from within Vista, you will have both the Custom and Upgrade option to choose from. This is will be for either the Upgrade or Full version Vista installation DVD.
Hope this helps,
Shawn
My Computers
System One System Two
-
- Operating System
- Windows 10 Pro 64-bit
- Manufacturer/Model
- Custom
- CPU
- Intel i7-8700K 5 GHz
- Motherboard
- ASUS ROG Maximus XI Formula Z390
- Memory
- 64 GB (4x16GB) G.SKILL TridentZ RGB DDR4 3600 MHz (F4-3600C18D-32GTZR)
- Graphics Card(s)
- ASUS ROG-STRIX-GTX1080TI-O11G-GAMING
- Sound Card
- Integrated Digital Audio (S/PDIF)
- Monitor(s) Displays
- 2 x Samsung Odyssey G7 27"
- Screen Resolution
- 2560x1440
- Hard Drives
- 1TB Samsung 990 PRO M.2,
4TB Samsung 990 PRO PRO M.2,
8TB WD MyCloudEX2Ultra NAS
- PSU
- Seasonic Prime Titanium 850W
- Case
- Thermaltake Core P3
- Cooling
- Corsair Hydro H115i
- Keyboard
- Logitech wireless K800
- Mouse
- Logitech MX Master 3
- Internet Speed
- 1 Gb/s Download and 35 Mb/s Upload
- Other Info
- Logitech Z625 speaker system,
Logitech BRIO 4K Pro webcam,
HP Color LaserJet Pro MFP M477fdn,
APC SMART-UPS RT 1000 XL - SURT1000XLI,
Galaxy S23 Plus phone
-
- Operating System
- Windows 10 Pro
- Manufacturer/Model
- HP Envy Y0F94AV
- CPU
- i7-7500U @ 2.70 GHz
- Memory
- 16 GB DDR4-2133
- Graphics card(s)
- NVIDIA GeForce 940MX
- Sound Card
- Conexant ISST Audio
- Monitor(s) Displays
- 17.3" UHD IPS touch
- Screen Resolution
- 3480 x 2160
- Hard Drives
- 512 GB M.2 SSD