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Vista Upgrade Question...

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pklong

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Ok, I'm confused....

I am looking at getting Vista Home Premium Upgrade but I have a couple of questions.

I have running XP Pro now and when you look on Microsoft's web site it says I need to do a "clean install" for Vista. So...With an upgrade version of Vista is their idea of a "clean" install just overwriting the old XP files or is it a true "clean" install which wipes the drive clean?

I know about the workaround to get a cleaner install but this one threw me for a loop.

Also now that it's been out a bit, has anyone tried the workaround and does it work? Mainly at letting you repartition and reformat the drive?

Thanks!
 
It's a true Clean install, but not i the sense you're used to under XP. The Vista 'Custom' clean install will roll all traces of the previous install into a windows.old folder, which you can recover stuff from if needed or delete at your leisure.
 
I've heard that if you upgrade your old version of XP that it kills the XP key... so you may want to go through the trouble of upgrading with the method you've heard of on the net.
 
Re the 'Kills XP keys" fear:

It most certainly doesn't render the XP installation unusable or make it fail WGA validation. I've not yet tried reinstalling and activating XP afterwards, but I've also not seen any reports whatsoever which have confirmed that the XP key no longer works for activation.

Regardless, the trick of installing a trial Vista install and then continuing with the valid Vista install is a more sensible approach anyway. No mucking about with XP needed.
 
So just confirming on the "workaround"

You boot with Vista and choose "custom" and then that will let you reformat the drive? Or can you reformat and then reboot with the Vista disk and do the workaround?
 
The 'workaround' being referred to here is a trick whereby tou install Vista without entering the key code, to get a 'trial' installation, then run the installation again from within the trial, using the key code this time, to get a legitimate install which can be activated. No 'eligibility verification' needed.


The workaround you refer to is simply the practice if choosing 'Custom' rather than 'Upgrade' when installing. Custom is a clean install. Upgrade is an over the top install.
 
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