Vista - Upgrade from windows vista home to vista Business Edition

02-08-2009

Hi,

M much of windows xp guy but M started using windows vista home edition on
my labtop and i need to upgrade to vista Business editon as some IIS
features are missing in home edition.

Now i got the fresh installation CD of business edtion.While doing upgrade
do i need to format whole pc? is my data and projects will be lost??

What is the best way to install?? What things i need to keep in mind while
upgrade??

Any help will be appreciated..

Thanks

02-10-2009

On Sun, 8 Feb 2009 19:51:44 -0500, "Rick Rogers" <rick@xxxxxx>
wrote:

Quote:

>Hi,
>
>You don't need to format, but you can't upgrade as that is not a supported
>path. Vista Home upgrades to Ultimate, not Business. If you do it without
>formatting (providing you have sufficient free space), then the existing
>installation and user data will be moved to a windows.old folder on the root
>of the drive. You can later retrieve data from this (though it's still a
>wise idea to back up data to removable media). You will not be able to
>recover user profiles or installed software. You will need to build new
>profiles and reinstall software from its original installation media.

While all this is true, it is still always a good idea to install a
higher release "clean" (by formatting the HD), in which case one would
lose all your data unless it is backed up externally.

I'm just not comfortable with installing a new OS on the same
partition on which the old one is installed, whether the old one is
"dead" or not.

Since one is going to have to create a new profile and reinstall
software in any case, it's just as easy to go ahead and prepare the HD
properly by repartitioning and formatting.

Additionally, it is also good to get into the habit of backing up
one's data externally, since it will pay huge dividends over time. Let
this be the start of a better and safer course of action for the OP.

--

Donald L McDaniel

02-08-2009	#1 (permalink)
Priyal n/a posts	Upgrade from windows vista home to vista Business Edition Hi, M much of windows xp guy but M started using windows vista home edition on my labtop and i need to upgrade to vista Business editon as some IIS features are missing in home edition. Now i got the fresh installation CD of business edtion.While doing upgrade do i need to format whole pc? is my data and projects will be lost?? What is the best way to install?? What things i need to keep in mind while upgrade?? Any help will be appreciated.. Thanks
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02-10-2009	#2 (permalink)
orthocross n/a posts	Re: Upgrade from windows vista home to vista Business Edition On Sun, 8 Feb 2009 19:51:44 -0500, "Rick Rogers" <rick@xxxxxx> wrote: Quote: >Hi, > >You don't need to format, but you can't upgrade as that is not a supported >path. Vista Home upgrades to Ultimate, not Business. If you do it without >formatting (providing you have sufficient free space), then the existing >installation and user data will be moved to a windows.old folder on the root >of the drive. You can later retrieve data from this (though it's still a >wise idea to back up data to removable media). You will not be able to >recover user profiles or installed software. You will need to build new >profiles and reinstall software from its original installation media. While all this is true, it is still always a good idea to install a higher release "clean" (by formatting the HD), in which case one would lose all your data unless it is backed up externally. I'm just not comfortable with installing a new OS on the same partition on which the old one is installed, whether the old one is "dead" or not. Since one is going to have to create a new profile and reinstall software in any case, it's just as easy to go ahead and prepare the HD properly by repartitioning and formatting. Additionally, it is also good to get into the habit of backing up one's data externally, since it will pay huge dividends over time. Let this be the start of a better and safer course of action for the OP. -- Donald L McDaniel
My System Specs

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