Can I do an in-place upgrade from Vista Home Basic to Vista Home Premium? The upgrade would be on a Dell PC and I have a Dell Vista Home Premium CD.
Vista In-Place Upgrade
- Thread starter boweasel
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The answer is yes, but dont do it.
Upgrades may not work out very well. Problems from the old install can be carried forward to the new install.
Many have come back with problems due to upgrde
You can and should make a clean install with the upgrade DVD. This is how.
http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/68767-clean-install-upgrade-vista.html?ltr=C
Visit the Seven upgrade advisor and see if you are ready for Seven. If you are you can install Vista.
http://windows.microsoft.com/upgradeadvisor
With a clean install you do have to back up your stuff and reinstall programs. You should back up with either method.
http://news.softpedia.com/news/Windows-Vista-to-Windows-Vista-Upgrade-Paths-49411.shtml
The answer is yes, but dont do it.
Upgrades may not work out very well. Problems from the old install can be carried forward to the new install.
Many have come back with problems due to upgrde
You can and should make a clean install with the upgrade DVD. This is how.
http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/68767-clean-install-upgrade-vista.html?ltr=C
Visit the Seven upgrade advisor and see if you are ready for Seven. If you are you can install Vista.
http://windows.microsoft.com/upgradeadvisor
With a clean install you do have to back up your stuff and reinstall programs. You should back up with either method.
http://news.softpedia.com/news/Windows-Vista-to-Windows-Vista-Upgrade-Paths-49411.shtml
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