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| | Reinstalling Vista upgrade downloaded from Digital Locker I'm sorry if this is an obvious question. I have a dual boot system with XP and Vista. Vista was purchased and downloaded via Digital Locker. I need to reinstall Vista fresh, again as part of a dual boot. I still have my Digital Locker info and I can download Vista again, but I don't think I have to as I still have the original download on an external drive. Most of the "how to reinstall Vista" info I have found on this cite refers to a CD or DVD, which I don't have. Do I need to burn one? I don't remember if I had to do that the first time I installed Vista. Again, I need to do a fresh install of Vista using my downloaded Vista Upgrade, as part of a dual boot system. Any help would be much appreciated. Thank you! |
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| | Re: Reinstalling Vista upgrade downloaded from Digital Locker Visit https://digitallocker.windowsmarketp...?wa=wsignin1.0 and click on the "Help" button located in the upper right corner. -- Carey Frisch Microsoft MVP Windows Desktop Experience - Windows Vista Enthusiast --------------------------------------------------------------- "Mick56" <Mick56@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:43F32D2F-6C49-46F1-97D1-5AFB3947D134@xxxxxx I'm sorry if this is an obvious question. I have a dual boot system with XP and Vista. Vista was purchased and downloaded via Digital Locker. I need to reinstall Vista fresh, again as part of a dual boot. I still have my Digital Locker info and I can download Vista again, but I don't think I have to as I still have the original download on an external drive. Most of the "how to reinstall Vista" info I have found on this cite refers to a CD or DVD, which I don't have. Do I need to burn one? I don't remember if I had to do that the first time I installed Vista. Again, I need to do a fresh install of Vista using my downloaded Vista Upgrade, as part of a dual boot system. Any help would be much appreciated. Thank you! |
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| | Re: Reinstalling Vista upgrade downloaded from Digital Locker The link you referred to ultimately leads you to the instructions I was referring to in my first post, which refer to using an installation DVD. I don't have a DVD, I do have the installation files in a folder on a 3rd hard drive though. I'm worried that if I run the installation from that drive, at some point the computer will restart, but because the installation files are on that external drive and not on a DVD, the computer will just reboot into XP and not continue with the install. The info on the link you provided does not discuss this unfortunately. So I guess I should phrase the question this way: Can I, while running XP (on my C drive), run the Vista install/setup files on the external drive to install Vista(on my D drive)? Thank you "Carey Frisch [MVP]" wrote: Quote: > Visit https://digitallocker.windowsmarketp...?wa=wsignin1.0 > and click on the "Help" button located in the upper right corner. > > > -- > Carey Frisch > Microsoft MVP > Windows Desktop Experience - > Windows Vista Enthusiast > > --------------------------------------------------------------- > > "Mick56" <Mick56@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:43F32D2F-6C49-46F1-97D1-5AFB3947D134@xxxxxx > I'm sorry if this is an obvious question. I have a dual boot system with XP > and Vista. Vista was purchased and downloaded via Digital Locker. I need to > reinstall Vista fresh, again as part of a dual boot. I still have my Digital > Locker info and I can download Vista again, but I don't think I have to as I > still have the original download on an external drive. Most of the "how to > reinstall Vista" info I have found on this cite refers to a CD or DVD, which > I don't have. Do I need to burn one? I don't remember if I had to do that > the first time I installed Vista. > > Again, I need to do a fresh install of Vista using my downloaded Vista > Upgrade, as part of a dual boot system. Any help would be much appreciated. > Thank you! > |
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| | Re: Reinstalling Vista upgrade downloaded from Digital Locker Here is a link for ISO burning software; get the V3 for vista http://isorecorder.alexfeinman.com/isorecorder.htm -- Mick Murphy - Qld - Australia "Mick56" wrote: Quote: > The link you referred to ultimately leads you to the instructions I was > referring to in my first post, which refer to using an installation DVD. I > don't have a DVD, I do have the installation files in a folder on a 3rd hard > drive though. I'm worried that if I run the installation from that drive, at > some point the computer will restart, but because the installation files are > on that external drive and not on a DVD, the computer will just reboot into > XP and not continue with the install. The info on the link you provided does > not discuss this unfortunately. > > So I guess I should phrase the question this way: Can I, while running XP > (on my C drive), run the Vista install/setup files on the external drive to > install Vista(on my D drive)? Thank you > > "Carey Frisch [MVP]" wrote: > Quote: > > Visit https://digitallocker.windowsmarketp...?wa=wsignin1.0 > > and click on the "Help" button located in the upper right corner. > > > > > > -- > > Carey Frisch > > Microsoft MVP > > Windows Desktop Experience - > > Windows Vista Enthusiast > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > "Mick56" <Mick56@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:43F32D2F-6C49-46F1-97D1-5AFB3947D134@xxxxxx > > I'm sorry if this is an obvious question. I have a dual boot system with XP > > and Vista. Vista was purchased and downloaded via Digital Locker. I need to > > reinstall Vista fresh, again as part of a dual boot. I still have my Digital > > Locker info and I can download Vista again, but I don't think I have to as I > > still have the original download on an external drive. Most of the "how to > > reinstall Vista" info I have found on this cite refers to a CD or DVD, which > > I don't have. Do I need to burn one? I don't remember if I had to do that > > the first time I installed Vista. > > > > Again, I need to do a fresh install of Vista using my downloaded Vista > > Upgrade, as part of a dual boot system. Any help would be much appreciated. > > Thank you! > > |
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