Upgrading windows vista question

[Nitromaster]

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If you buy an upgrade version do you have to install over xp or can you format the hard drive and install?

 

[xparaparafreakx]

You can do both.

 

[KKP925]

You will likely need your original XP disk as proof of ownership for the upgrade though!

 

[apfhex]

No, you have to have XP installed to use Vista Upgrades.

 

[balamw]

Actually there's a workaround to that that has been floating around the net. You can apparently install a trial version of Vista first from the upgrade media and then use that to verify your clean install.

http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/31/clean-install-workaround-for-vista-upgrade-discovered/

This seems to be the cleanest way of installing Vista cleanly from upgrade media, assuming of course you are doing so with an upgradable XP license available.

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[apfhex]

Yeah, there's that too, if you want to install it twice (probably better than dealing with a XP->Vista upgrade though).

 

[Nermal]

No, you have to have XP installed to use Vista Upgrades.

Or 2000, for what it's worth.

 

[Nitromaster]

How does that way work?
Do you not need an copy of xp installed to install the trial from an upgrade disc?

 

[Nermal]

All of the DVDs are the same, it's just the product code that differs. There's no such thing as an "upgrade disc", it's just a standard disc with an upgrade code.

 

[balamw]

All of the DVDs are the same, it's just the product code that differs. There's no such thing as an "upgrade disc", it's just a standard disc with an upgrade code.

And all media will allow you to install a 30 day trial of any other edition of Vista.

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