beta installation

[Steven Wabik]

is it possible to perform an upgrade from Windows XP to Windows vista beta?
or do i have to perform a clean installation? i'm just asking about that
because vista is a beta even though there is an option for an upgrade. how
long will the beta take to install?

 

[Andre Da Costa [Extended64]]

The only CTP right now enabled for upgrading from Windows XP is the 5308
Build (February CTP). There are no upgrade paths from XP Professional x64.
Some persons have reported failures in the upgrade process, so its not a
guaranteed success and it varies by system.
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[Steven Wabik]

i think i have the version right below that, well i might have that version.
i hope the upgrade works. i'm already 30 minutes into it. what might happen
if the upgrade fails?

 

[Kevin John Panzke]

You might get the Following Error Message if the Upgrade Fails: "There was
an Error While Copying Files."

P.S. The only way that I can get the Upgrade Process to work is to Install
the Upgrade on top of a Squeaky Clean Install of Windows XP Service Pack 2
(with No Programs Installed and Only Critical Windows Updates Installed on
the OS).

 

[Zack Whittaker]

By the time that Vista is released, this will be fully working and easy to
do )

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[Steven Wabik]

i got it installed easily. i just got a few bugs with getting some
applications to run. please help. i would really like to get AIM working.

 

[Xavier]

as far as I know,and experimented, you'd better perform a clean installation
on a separate partition :
create and format the latter prior to installing Vista, find it easier,
Xavier

 

[Robert Rixx]

Right click the .exe file of AIM and on the compatablity tab put it in
Windows XP SP2 mode. Click apply,and okay
try the program again. worked for me.