Vista - How do I tell Vista beta 2 not to keep my old Windows XP?

Hello,

I have a machine I would like to install Vista beta 2 (public version)
onto an Athlon 64 3200+ machine that already has XP Pro. SP2. I would
like to have Vista use C: drive for installation, but I do not want a
dual boot. I want it to erase C: drive and install cleanly. How can I
force this?

I kept getting dual boot in Windows XP and outside without the option to
make drive C clean. I do want to keep my other partitions that Ghost
images, datas, etc.

Thank you in advance.
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Phillip Pi
Senior Software Quality Assurance Analyst
ISP/Symantec Online Services
Symantec Corporation
www.symantec.com
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Boot from the Disk and select the drive and install, it should over write
the Windows directory and Vista should be your new OS, although, remnants of
the previous OS will be kept in the Windows.old directory, you can safely
delete if your data has been backed up.
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"Phillip Pi" <phillip_pi@symantec.comSYMC> wrote in message
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> Hello,
>
> I have a machine I would like to install Vista beta 2 (public version)
> onto an Athlon 64 3200+ machine that already has XP Pro. SP2. I would like
> to have Vista use C: drive for installation, but I do not want a dual
> boot. I want it to erase C: drive and install cleanly. How can I force
> this?
>
> I kept getting dual boot in Windows XP and outside without the option to
> make drive C clean. I do want to keep my other partitions that Ghost
> images, datas, etc.
>
> Thank you in advance.
> --
> Phillip Pi
> Senior Software Quality Assurance Analyst
> ISP/Symantec Online Services
> Symantec Corporation
> www.symantec.com
> -----------------------------------------------------
> Email: phillip_pi@symantec.comSYMC (remove SYMC to reply by e-mail)
> -----------------------------------------------------
> Please do NOT e-mail me for technical support. DISCLAIMER: The views
> expressed in this posting are mine, and do not necessarily reflect the
> views of my employer. Thank you.

Phillip Pi wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I have a machine I would like to install Vista beta 2 (public version)
> onto an Athlon 64 3200+ machine that already has XP Pro. SP2. I would
> like to have Vista use C: drive for installation, but I do not want a
> dual boot. I want it to erase C: drive and install cleanly. How can I
> force this?
>
> I kept getting dual boot in Windows XP and outside without the option to
> make drive C clean. I do want to keep my other partitions that Ghost
> images, datas, etc.

Boot the PC with the Vista DVD in the drive and start setup that way.
Choose to do a custom install. During this process you will be presented
with a screen where you can choose the partition on which to install Vista.
Select the existing partition that has XP and delete it. Then choose the
free space created by the deletion as the location on which to install
Vista.
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Tom Porterfield

"Tom Porterfield" <tpporter@mvps.org> wrote in message
news:OctQtZAjGHA.3816@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> Phillip Pi wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> I have a machine I would like to install Vista beta 2 (public version)
>> onto an Athlon 64 3200+ machine that already has XP Pro. SP2. I would
>> like to have Vista use C: drive for installation, but I do not want a
>> dual boot. I want it to erase C: drive and install cleanly. How can I
>> force this?
>>
>> I kept getting dual boot in Windows XP and outside without the option to
>> make drive C clean. I do want to keep my other partitions that Ghost
>> images, datas, etc.
>
> Boot the PC with the Vista DVD in the drive and start setup that way.
> Choose to do a custom install. During this process you will be presented
> with a screen where you can choose the partition on which to install
> Vista. Select the existing partition that has XP and delete it. Then
> choose the free space created by the deletion as the location on which to
> install Vista.
> --
> Tom Porterfield

You don't have to delete the partition (and may not want to if it is not the
only partition). Just click on the Format button.