Vista - Expiry

I'm just wondering when does Vista Beta 2 expire, and is there any licence or
anything that would allow you to keep it permanently?

Also, I currently have XP Media Center Edition installed, how exactly can I
keep this on my computer while installed Vista as well? I do have a 160gb
hard drive, but I've no idea how to partition it or anything like that - also
are partitions permanent - can you get rid of the partition after you put it
there?

Thanks.

You may not be able to upgrade your installation of Windows Vista Beta 2 (or
RC1) to the final, commercially available edition of Windows Vista. To
upgrade you will need to acquire the final edition of Windows Vista and you
may have to do a clean installation. Time-limited software.

Windows Vista Beta 2 (and RC1) is time-limited, pre-release software that
will expire on June 1, 2007.
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"conorcampbell" <conorcampbell@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> I'm just wondering when does Vista Beta 2 expire, and is there any licence
> or
> anything that would allow you to keep it permanently?
>
> Also, I currently have XP Media Center Edition installed, how exactly can
> I
> keep this on my computer while installed Vista as well? I do have a 160gb
> hard drive, but I've no idea how to partition it or anything like that -
> also
> are partitions permanent - can you get rid of the partition after you put
> it
> there?
>
> Thanks.