Vista - Vista Ult. Installation on top of Vista RC1

I have Vista RC1 neatly set up on its own hard drive (my workstation has 4
HD's) & I have a new TechNet supplied disc w/ Vista Ultimate. Do I really
have to lose all my settings and special apps by reformatting (wiping) the
HD, or is Vista Ult. smart enough to install over the existing RC1 so I can
retain my custom settings, etc.? Can I just "Repair" the RC1 and enter my
PID that I have from my TechNet subscription?
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Thomas Peter v B

"Thomas" <Thomas@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote
>I have Vista RC1 neatly set up on its own hard drive (my workstation has 4
> HD's) & I have a new TechNet supplied disc w/ Vista Ultimate. Do I really
> have to lose all my settings and special apps by reformatting (wiping) the
> HD, or is Vista Ult. smart enough to install over the existing RC1 so I
> can
> retain my custom settings, etc.? Can I just "Repair" the RC1 and enter my
> PID that I have from my TechNet subscription?

Yes, you can do an upgrade from RC1 using a full edition of Vista Ultimate.
That is the only way to upgrade RC1.

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Rock [MS-MVP User/Shell]

What RC1 version (32 bit or 64 bit)??


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Barry Schnur

Hi Barry:
Thanks for asking. It is the 32-bit (X86) version of Vista Ultimate.
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Thomas Peter v B


"BSchnur" wrote:

> What RC1 version (32 bit or 64 bit)??
>
>
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> Barry Schnur
> Hi Barry:
Thank you for asking/replying: it is the 32-bit (X86) version of Vista
Ultimate from Tech Net Plus subscription--what do you know about installing
it atop my RC1 Vista Ultimate and being able to retain all files and
settings?
Thomas
Thomas

"Thomas" <Thomas@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote
> Hi Barry:
> Thanks for asking. It is the 32-bit (X86) version of Vista Ultimate.
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> Thomas Peter v B
>
>
> "BSchnur" wrote:
>
>> What RC1 version (32 bit or 64 bit)??
>>
>>
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>> Barry Schnur
>> Hi Barry:
> Thank you for asking/replying: it is the 32-bit (X86) version of Vista
> Ultimate from Tech Net Plus subscription--what do you know about
> installing
> it atop my RC1 Vista Ultimate and being able to retain all files and
> settings?


Yes you can use a x86 Ultimate full version, which the one from TechNet is,
to do an in place upgrade from x86 RC1 to x86 Vista Ultimate.

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Rock [MS-MVP User/Shell]

OK -- should work ok then.


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Barry Schnur