Home premium Upgrade Re-partitioning

[Guest]

Upgrading from Windows 2000. Launching from within 2000 asks me to boot from
the DVD to repartition. Launching from the DVD tells me that I need to start
the installation from the installed OS.

Seems I am locked out for repartitioning with Windows Home Vista Premium
Upgrade. Not clear if I need to "upgrade" my upgrade to stand-alone or if
that is even possible. Sure that returning an opened package will be a
nightmare...

Thanks for any help.

 

[Rock]

Upgrading from Windows 2000. Launching from within 2000 asks me to boot
from
the DVD to repartition. Launching from the DVD tells me that I need to
start
the installation from the installed OS.

Seems I am locked out for repartitioning with Windows Home Vista Premium
Upgrade. Not clear if I need to "upgrade" my upgrade to stand-alone or if
that is even possible. Sure that returning an opened package will be a
nightmare...

You can use an upgrade version of Vista with Win2k as the qualifying OS, but
it has to be a clean install. The install is started from the desktop of
the installed OS. I don't believe you can repartition in that case. It
will take the win2k installation and wrap it up into the windows.old folder,
installing Vista clean.

 

[John Barnes]

If you need to do repartitioning, you should be able to do it from your
install disk command prompt. Use the diskpart command

 

[Bruce Chambers]

Upgrading from Windows 2000. Launching from within 2000 asks me to boot from
the DVD to repartition. Launching from the DVD tells me that I need to start
the installation from the installed OS.

Seems I am locked out for repartitioning with Windows Home Vista Premium
Upgrade. Not clear if I need to "upgrade" my upgrade to stand-alone or if
that is even possible. Sure that returning an opened package will be a
nightmare...

Thanks for any help.

Any upgrade to Vista from Win2K requires a clean installation. Part of
your problem stems from the fact that Wi2K Professional to a Vista Home
edition isn't a qualifying upgrade path. Win2K qualifies for the use of
Vista Business or Ultimate Upgrades, but you'd need to use a full
version of Vista Home Premium.

Upgrade Paths from Previous Versions
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/windowsvista/buyorupgrade/upgradepaths.mspx

"If you are currently using Windows 2000 Professional or Windows XP
Professional x64, you are eligible for an upgrade copy to a
*corresponding or better* edition of Windows Vista, but a clean install
is required." (Emphasis mine.)


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[John Barnes]

Your interpretation is different than mine. I see nothing on the page that
would restrict using the upgrade version from win2k to any of the 4 listed
versions. A clean install is required in all cases.

 

[Guest]

2000 upgrade is supported on the box. Problem is non-support of
repartitioning. Sucks. Installed a clean copy of XP and upgraded that.
Problem solved as long as MSFT does not kill my XP licence which I need
elsewhere.