Did I get a clean install?

[Guest]

I bought the Vista Ultimate upgrade. Tuesday 1/30/07 morning I didn't have
any clean install tips so I followed the instructions. I installed my
original XP Pro from the CD I bought 10/01. vista said it couldn't do a
upgrade because my XP wasn't SP2 so it would be a clean install but it would
save my old Windows to windows.old and I could not ever boot into it again.

Do I have a clean install? It seems to boot and shut down a touch slower
that RC2 #5744 but everything else flys. I don't like upgrades over old OSes.
I just don't understand after laying out $260 and owning Windows 3.0, 95, 98,
ME and XP why I cannot put in my prevoius version CD in and go on.

That's all water under the bridge but I will wipe it again and do the double
Vista install to get a clean install if needed.

Thanks for replies with info,

 

[MICHAEL]

Yes, you have a clean install, just not in the way the purists would
prefer. I believe the correct term of your install would be what
Microsoft calls a "custom clean install" instead of the regular "upgrade"
install. How long did the install take?

I am curios about this statement;

"vista said it couldn't do a
upgrade because my XP wasn't SP2 so it would be a clean install but it would
save my old Windows to windows.old and I could not ever boot into it again."

This goes against everything that was being told in this forum.
Originally, the story was that XP had to be SP2, validated, and
genuine or there would be no install.

Of course, there is another way around this that has been
discovered over the last couple of days, which also provides
for a way to do a clean install.

I think your install went just fine and if its working, don't fix it.

-Michael

 

[Mike Hall - MS MVP Windows Shell/User]

Sam

Leave it as it is.. no problema.. Vista indexing will take a while, but is
beneficial in the same way as XP's prefetch was.. just give the system a
little time to find itself..

 

[MICHAEL]

I forgot to mention- you can delete that windows.old folder.

If you want anything out of there, get it, then delete. Will
more than likely give you a lot more free space.

-Michael

 

[Guest]

Thanks for the input. I just put my original XP Pro CD and entered a product
key but never validated it. It is a plain XP Pro CD from Oct. 01. No SP's and
that's where I got the upgrade disabled, clean install only prompts. I did
delete windows.old.

Thanks again for the help and support.

 

[MICHAEL]

You did *not* get XP validated and genuinized?
Am I understanding you correctly?

This goes against what we are being told.

Someone is mistaken.


-Michael

 

[MICHAEL]

Sam,

Did you even activate your XP Pro before attempting the Ultimate
upgrade?

-Michael

 

[Guest]

That is right. I only entered the product key, let it install, skipped
activaion and put in my Vista Ultimate DVD upgrade edition. The DVD opened
and I clicked install and it told me that upgrade was unavailable since I
didn't have SP2. I clicked next as only clean install was available and it
went right on through.

 

[MICHAEL]

Wow, this is completely contrary to what has been stated
in these groups about the prior OS having to be activated
and genuine before an Upgrade version would work.

Thanks, Sam.

Take care,

Michael

That is right. I only entered the product key, let it install, skipped
activaion and put in my Vista Ultimate DVD upgrade edition. The DVD opened
and I clicked install and it told me that upgrade was unavailable since I
didn't have SP2. I clicked next as only clean install was available and it
went right on through.

 

[Guest]

I can't say about the genuine version but for sure I didn't activate mine. I
was in to much of a hurry to get my Vista installed. Of course I have been
running Vista ever since CCP and completely since Oct. 07 with RC2 #5744 but
I just had to get finalized.

 

[MICHAEL]

One last question, Sam.

Are you sure it was an Ultimate Upgrade version and
not a full retail version?

I saw what you said you paid for it, and that would indicate
the Upgrade version. I just want to be sure.

Thanks, again.

-Michael

 

[Guest]

Definitely the upgrade. It says it all over it and I wiped my system first
and booted from the DVD which told me I had to install this version from
inside a pre-existing version of Windows so I installed XP and put the DVD in
and got Vista that way.

 

[MICHAEL]

Thank you, Sam.

Take care,

Michael

Definitely the upgrade. It says it all over it and I wiped my system first
and booted from the DVD which told me I had to install this version from
inside a pre-existing version of Windows so I installed XP and put the DVD in
and got Vista that way.

 

[Jane C]

Sam, can you please report back after you've activated Vista? Did it
activate online ok?