Clean Install

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This sounds like a very big mistake on the part of Microsoft. I am
sure that someone will have to reinstall their operating system
sooner or later after making the upgrade. Now, they will have to
remember to keep their old copy of XP and install that first. But
what if their old copy of XP was on a recovery partition, which no
longer exists?
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I thought that all a user needed was the physical WinXP disk in their
possession. I was not under the impression that it actually had to be
physically installed on the PC in order to facilitate an upgrade.


--
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oo // \\ || Gerard
(_,\/ \_/ \ ||
\ \_/_\_/> || "The only secure computer is one that is
/_/ \_\ || unplugged, locked in a safe and buried 20
___________ || feet under ground in a secret location ...
and I am not even too sure about that one.

Dennis Huges, F.B.I.
 
Bill said:
This sounds like a very big mistake on the part of Microsoft. I am sure
that someone will have to reinstall their operating system sooner or
later after making the upgrade. Now, they will have to remember to keep
their old copy of XP and install that first. But what if their old copy
of XP was on a recovery partition, which no longer exists?
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Which is exactly why Microsoft's own techs will walk you
through a Vista clean install (using the upgrade DVD) by
employing the Vista double install technique.
 
whats dreamscene and I dont need dual mode
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Dreamscene is just a way to make your cpu work a little harder.
It allows you to have a video as your desktop background.
 
Hi:

After reading all the pro and con about Clean Install all I want is two
simple answers. I have Windows MCE2005 installed and the recommended version
that I have seen recommends the Vista Premium Edition.

I have two question's: First why shouldn't I buy the Upgrade version
rather than the Full Version? Second if I do buy the Upgrade Version why
shouldn't I just upgrade? If later I did have too reformat, then I could at
that time find about doing a Clean Install.

Does this make sense or am I missing something?

Thanks
 
I don't think you're missing anything. You've got it pretty straight. The
retail upgrade (priced) version is fine for your purpose. Remember, all
retail versions are the same. Only the key is different, along with the
price. Depending on if you have a qualifying product loaded or not. All
retail versions can do an "in-place" upgrade as well as a clean install.

OEM versions are a different animal. They cannot be used to do an "in-place"
upgrade. They *have* to do a clean install, and cannot preserve your
existing XP configuration.

-Frank
 
Frankster said:
OEM versions are a different animal. They cannot be used to do an
"in-place" upgrade. They *have* to do a clean install, and cannot preserve
your existing XP configuration.
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Except they can do Upgrade installs, I've tried it
 
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