Vista - upgrading current pc to vista

I am going to be upgrading my current computer from xp media center to vista
home premium. Would it work if I were to use the easy transfer cable and
software to transfer all of my files to an external hard drive and then once
vista is installed transfer all the files back from the external hard drive?

"Greg88" <Greg88@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:A0AB7A8A-8182-4759-A95D-7B14B9F6658E@microsoft.com...
>I am going to be upgrading my current computer from xp media center to
>vista
> home premium. Would it work if I were to use the easy transfer cable and
> software to transfer all of my files to an external hard drive and then
> once
> vista is installed transfer all the files back from the external hard
> drive?
>
If you just transfer My Documents and Favorites etc, OK but anything else
would probably not work in Vista.

--
Ian

Hi,

Yes, that is supported. You want to make sure your current system supports
Vista fully before upgrading.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com

"Greg88" <Greg88@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:A0AB7A8A-8182-4759-A95D-7B14B9F6658E@microsoft.com...
>I am going to be upgrading my current computer from xp media center to
>vista
> home premium. Would it work if I were to use the easy transfer cable and
> software to transfer all of my files to an external hard drive and then
> once
> vista is installed transfer all the files back from the external hard
> drive?

Thanks for the information. I have one more question though. When I am
installing vista will I need to delete the windows xp partition on my hard
drive or can install windows vista right over it?

"Rick Rogers" wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Yes, that is supported. You want to make sure your current system supports
> Vista fully before upgrading.
>
> --
> Best of Luck,
>
> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
> My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com
>
> "Greg88" <Greg88@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:A0AB7A8A-8182-4759-A95D-7B14B9F6658E@microsoft.com...
> >I am going to be upgrading my current computer from xp media center to
> >vista
> > home premium. Would it work if I were to use the easy transfer cable and
> > software to transfer all of my files to an external hard drive and then
> > once
> > vista is installed transfer all the files back from the external hard
> > drive?
>
>

Hi,

You can install over it, the old installation will be moved to a windows.old
folder.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com

"Greg88" <Greg88@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:1B199BEE-AA00-433C-890E-777288AD8234@microsoft.com...
> Thanks for the information. I have one more question though. When I am
> installing vista will I need to delete the windows xp partition on my hard
> drive or can install windows vista right over it?
>
> "Rick Rogers" wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Yes, that is supported. You want to make sure your current system
>> supports
>> Vista fully before upgrading.
>>
>> --
>> Best of Luck,
>>
>> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
>> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
>> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
>> My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com
>>
>> "Greg88" <Greg88@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:A0AB7A8A-8182-4759-A95D-7B14B9F6658E@microsoft.com...
>> >I am going to be upgrading my current computer from xp media center to
>> >vista
>> > home premium. Would it work if I were to use the easy transfer cable
>> > and
>> > software to transfer all of my files to an external hard drive and then
>> > once
>> > vista is installed transfer all the files back from the external hard
>> > drive?
>>
>>