Do not activate it until you clean install onto your C Drive..
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"airrage" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Thank-you. So can I confirm you think it best not to activate on D: drive?
>
> "Richard Urban" wrote:
>
>> You have 30 days to activate Vista on drive D:
>>
>> So, make up your mind within that time frame. To get rid of Vista on
>> drive
>> D: you must format drive D:
>>
>> --
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Richard Urban
>> Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
>> (For email, remove the obvious from my address)
>>
>>
>>
>> "airrage" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:7656BAB2-9EAF-4310-9EA4-(E-Mail Removed)...
>> >I have searched for an answer to the following but it is still not
>> >clear;
>> > probably because I am a newbie. Apologies.
>> >
>> > I have installed VISTA ultimate on drive D: in dual boot mode; XP on
>> > C:. I
>> > am given 30 seconds in start-up to choose previous Windows (XP) or just
>> > to
>> > let it load VISTA.
>> >
>> > Questions:
>> >
>> > 1. I have not activated VISTA on Drive D: because if it works well I
>> > eventually want to install VISTA on Drive C: so I can use my existing
>> > programs on that drive and uninstall XP. Can I activate/verify the
>> > software
>> > on D: drive and then subsequently the C: drive?
>> >
>> > 2. What happens if I don't verify the software soon on the D: drive?
>> >
>> > 3. How do I delete VISTA OS on the D: drive once I have installed it on
>> > the
>> > C: drive.
>> >
>> > Thanks in advance.
>>
>>