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12-09-2007
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| | Question about Upgrade version I have been reading about the upgrade version of Home premium and have a question. Whenever i finally decide on what Im going to get and I install a new OS (Vista), I dont want any reminants of XP still around, I want a 100% fresh clean install. I understand that I can pop in the "Upgrade" disc in a PC that has XP on it, chose "custom" install and preform my clean install. My question is: When I buy Vista Im also going to replace my hard drive, it is 3ish years old and now would be a good time to do it. With a new hard drive will I have to install XP first then install Vista, or is there a way I can go straight to the Vista upgrade disc and work it from there? |
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12-09-2007
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| | RE: Question about Upgrade version Hi tsonka, If you follow the instructions in my post 'Clean Install Windows Vista Using Upgrade Media', also in this newsgroup (dated 9/21/2007), you can install Vista without having any remnants of a previous operating system on your machine. Dwarf http://www.microsoft.com/communities...9-5eb74dcf2be7 "tsonka" wrote: Quote: > I have been reading about the upgrade version of Home premium and have a > question. > > Whenever i finally decide on what Im going to get and I install a new OS > (Vista), I dont want any reminants of XP still around, I want a 100% fresh > clean install. I understand that I can pop in the "Upgrade" disc in a PC that > has XP on it, chose "custom" install and preform my clean install. > > > My question is: When I buy Vista Im also going to replace my hard drive, it > is 3ish years old and now would be a good time to do it. With a new hard > drive will I have to install XP first then install Vista, or is there a way I > can go straight to the Vista upgrade disc and work it from there? |
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12-09-2007
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| | RE: Question about Upgrade version No. You can do a clean install with the upgrade. You install it twice. First time do enter product key, second time enter product key. I bought the retail full version so I do not have to mess with that. I have the full version of Ultimate to and the support is fantastic. My DVDs wre cracking and Microsoft replaced them with a new product key for free. They did not even charge me for shipping. Home Premium replacement DVD is $23.00 plus shipping. "tsonka" wrote: Quote: > I have been reading about the upgrade version of Home premium and have a > question. > > Whenever i finally decide on what Im going to get and I install a new OS > (Vista), I dont want any reminants of XP still around, I want a 100% fresh > clean install. I understand that I can pop in the "Upgrade" disc in a PC that > has XP on it, chose "custom" install and preform my clean install. > > > My question is: When I buy Vista Im also going to replace my hard drive, it > is 3ish years old and now would be a good time to do it. With a new hard > drive will I have to install XP first then install Vista, or is there a way I > can go straight to the Vista upgrade disc and work it from there? |
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12-09-2007
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| | RE: Question about Upgrade version It should read first time do not enter product key "Noel" wrote: Quote: > No. You can do a clean install with the upgrade. You install it twice. First > time do enter product key, second time enter product key. I bought the retail > full version > so I do not have to mess with that. I have the full version of Ultimate to > and the support is fantastic. My DVDs wre cracking and Microsoft replaced > them with a new product key for free. They did not even charge me for > shipping. Home Premium replacement DVD is $23.00 plus shipping. > > "tsonka" wrote: > Quote: > > I have been reading about the upgrade version of Home premium and have a > > question. > > > > Whenever i finally decide on what Im going to get and I install a new OS > > (Vista), I dont want any reminants of XP still around, I want a 100% fresh > > clean install. I understand that I can pop in the "Upgrade" disc in a PC that > > has XP on it, chose "custom" install and preform my clean install. > > > > > > My question is: When I buy Vista Im also going to replace my hard drive, it > > is 3ish years old and now would be a good time to do it. With a new hard > > drive will I have to install XP first then install Vista, or is there a way I > > can go straight to the Vista upgrade disc and work it from there? |
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