Vista upgrade issues

[Mark Scott]

I was upgrading from Windows XP to Vista Business, I booted from the CD
thinking I could do a wipe and reinstall.but when it got to the entering of
the CD key stage it stopped and rejected the key saying "please install from
Windows"

Installing from Windows and I dont get the option to repartition - asks me
to "boot from the DVD"....

Does that mean that to repartition I would need to either buy the full
version of Vista or negate the quick installation time of the new WI format
as I would need to install XP first?

 

[Al Romanosky]

If you are upgrading and the Vista DVD is an upgrade version you must
install from within XP. "Wiping and reinstalling" is doing a clean and not
an upgrade installation.

"Repartitioning" is separate and distinct from OS installation and not
required in normal upgrade.

 

[peter]

But you should get the option as to where to install to............and then
the option to format that install partition before the install
starts.............even if it is the partition that XP is on because by then
the Upgrade has been verified.
peter

 

[Ken]

You probably have to repartition with xp first then perform the upgrade. If
you want to install to a clean formatted disk the you need the full version.
An upgrade must be installed on the same partitoon that xp is currently on
as far as i can tell. If you want as close to a clean install as possible
with an upgrade copy then choose custom install. This will repalce your
windows dir and rename your old one to delete later.


Ken




http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/930985/en-us

 

[Colin Barnhorst]

No you shouldn't. You are using an upgrade edition and "upgrade" means
upgrade and not a "new installation."

Selecting a different target partiion is a function in the full edition.

 

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[sheffy6]

What a bunch of crap! Microsoft is really shooting themselves in the
foot with this kind of B.S.

 

[sheffy6]

What a bunch of crap! Microsoft is really shooting themselves in the
foot with this kind of B.S.

 

[MrMikeH]

There are many of us that agree with you. It never worked that way before
and Microsoft did not make this important fact know prior to people buying
the product. There is going to be a lot of unhappy people out there. There
is a workaround however where you install Vista first without entering the
product key or activating and then start the upgrade again from within that
newly installed Vista. Check out
http://www.instantvista.com/windows-vista-upgrade.html