Clean install

[Dino]

Running XP and thinking about installing an upgrade to Vista.Can Vista
be installed to a clean harddrive using the upgrade version of the OS?

 

[Alias]

Running XP and thinking about installing an upgrade to Vista.Can Vista
be installed to a clean harddrive using the upgrade version of the OS?

Yes. You'll put the XP hard drive back in though, don't waste your time
or money on Vista.

Alias

 

[AlexB]

Dino,

Do not listen, **Alias** is a pathological type that has ulterior motives to
disparage users from switching to Vista. He is fighting a losing battle. He
may also be a crook promoting questionable software. Vista is MUCH MUCH
better than XP.

You can install Vista over XP (same drive) and XP folders will be preserved
in windows.old folder.

You can install Vista at a separate partition (like I did) and you will
never use that partition again, most likely.

 

[Slap]

Running XP and thinking about installing an upgrade to Vista.Can Vista be
installed to a clean harddrive using the upgrade version of the OS?

I did... I picked up a 2nd hard drive, - quite cheap now days. So I dual
boot. Rarely do I boot into XP now.

Alias, well his mind is pretty screwed up. I'd pay him no mind.
--

 

[DanS]

Running XP and thinking about installing an upgrade to Vista.Can Vista
be installed to a clean harddrive using the upgrade version of the OS?

To actually answer you're question....yes.

http://www.winsupersite.com/showcase/winvista_upgrade_clean.asp

Regards,

DS

 

[Alias]

Dino,

Do not listen, **Alias** is a pathological type that has ulterior
motives to disparage users from switching to Vista.
False.

He is fighting a
losing battle.

What battle?

He may also be a crook promoting questionable software.

Cute. Proof? I've never sold software in my life of any kind. I'm not in
the retail business, legal or illegal.

Vista is MUCH MUCH better than XP.

Opinion, not fact.

You can install Vista over XP (same drive) and XP folders will be
preserved in windows.old folder.

And then the fun begins! Course the OP wanted to know about a clean
install on a "new hard drive" but there you go again, knee jerking your
garbage into the news group.

You can install Vista at a separate partition (like I did) and you will
never use that partition again, most likely.

Never use the Vista partition? Do you ever proof read your messages?

To Dino: you can clean install an update version of Vista. See this web
site for instructions:

http://www.winsupersite.com/showcase/winvista_upgrade_clean.asp

Alias

 

[Babs Anthony]

I upgraded to Vista with no problems. 100 million people can't be wrong.
Vista is a much improved operating system if the upgrade is done
competently.

 

[Babs Anthony]

There you go again, Alias. Smoking that crack, again?

 

[Frank]

Yes. You'll put the XP hard drive back in though, don't waste your time
or money on Vista.

Alias

STFU you stupid lying linux troll! You don't have Vista and you have no
idea what you're talking about.
You're an ignorant moron lying linux troll.
Frank

 

[Frank]

What battle?



Cute. Proof? I've never sold software in my life of any kind. I'm not in
the retail business, legal or illegal.



Opinion, not fact.



And then the fun begins! Course the OP wanted to know about a clean
install on a "new hard drive" but there you go again, knee jerking your
garbage into the news group.




Never use the Vista partition? Do you ever proof read your messages?

To Dino: you can clean install an update version of Vista. See this web
site for instructions:

http://www.winsupersite.com/showcase/winvista_upgrade_clean.asp

Alias

OMG...you are a fool...!
Frank

 

[kevpan815]

Try Downloading And Clean Installing Open Source Linux Ubuntu 7.10 RTW, It's
A Much Better Operating System Than Windows Vista RTM And/Or Windows XP
Service Pack 2, Just FYI. P.S. Read My Recent Post About The Serious Problem
That My Doctor Had With His Windows XP Service Pack 2 Computer (It Dialed 911
While He Was Out Of The Office Exactly One Week Ago), Just FYI. Microsoft
Needs To Fix The Problems With Their Operating Systems A.S.A.P. Also Just FYI.

 

[David]

Yes you can, but think about this first. Do you have Vista drivers for your
computer's hardware components? Vista drivers for printer, etc? Don't
expect that all of your treasured third party software will run on Vista.
Some will but possibly some won't. Are you willing to spend the money to
upgrade to Vista compatible versions?

Start by using Microsoft's Upgrade Advisor.

Do your research first, or you will have problems and will be back here
posting about issues.

I upgraded to Vista and will never look back, but if you are running XP on
an older machine you shouldn't take upgrading lightly.

 

[Richard G. Harper]

With apologies for the noise ...

Yes, in theory it's possible to do a clean install using a Vista upgrade
key. But it is unsupported, technically a license violation, and may not
always work.

--
Richard G. Harper [MVP Shell/User] (e-mail address removed)
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[AlexB]

I have also done clean installs on blank new partitions. Many a time. I
installed Win2K, WinXP, I installed Vistas. I have four computers with two
HDDs on each. Some of them are divided into up to 4 partitions.

Installation of Vista over XP is not much different from a clean install.
The fact that you juxtaposed them indicates that you have no idea how to do
either.

Vista is much, much superior than XP in many respects. Your XP/Ubuntu
message is dying.

 

[Alias]

I have also done clean installs on blank new partitions. Many a time. I
installed Win2K, WinXP, I installed Vistas [sic]. I have four computers with
two HDDs on each. Some of them are divided into up to 4 partitions.

Your point, besides proving your English is flawed?

Installation of Vista over XP is not much different from a clean
install.

Yes, it is, much different, especially if the XP installation is
compromised.

The fact that you juxtaposed them indicates that you have no
idea how to do either.

The fact that you posted this sentence indicates that, again, you don't
know what you're talking about.

Vista is much, much superior than XP in many respects.

Yeah, it makes you call India more frequently and makes you spend money
on hardware.

Your XP/Ubuntu
message is dying.

You wish.

Alias

 

[HeyBub]

Try Downloading And Clean Installing Open Source Linux Ubuntu 7.10
RTW, It's A Much Better Operating System Than Windows Vista RTM
And/Or Windows XP Service Pack 2, Just FYI. P.S. Read My Recent Post
About The Serious Problem That My Doctor Had With His Windows XP
Service Pack 2 Computer (It Dialed 911 While He Was Out Of The Office
Exactly One Week Ago), Just FYI. Microsoft Needs To Fix The Problems
With Their Operating Systems A.S.A.P. Also Just FYI.

Ubuntu is a Nigerian word for "Something the cats drug in that the dogs
wouldn't have."

 

[Alias]

Ubuntu is a Nigerian word for "Something the cats drug in that the dogs
wouldn't have."

Ubuntu is a South African ethical ideology focusing on people's
allegiances and relations with each other. The word comes from the Zulu
and Xhosa languages. Ubuntu (pronounced "oo-BOON-too") is seen as a
traditional African concept, is regarded as one of the founding
principles of the new republic of South Africa and is connected to the
idea of an African Renaissance.

A rough translation of the principle of Ubuntu is "humanity towards
others". Another translation could be: "the belief in a universal bond
of sharing that connects all humanity".

It has nothing to do with Nigeria and it's clear you have no "humanity
towards others".

Alias

 

[Frank]

I have also done clean installs on blank new partitions. Many a time.
I installed Win2K, WinXP, I installed Vistas [sic]. I have four
computers with two HDDs on each. Some of them are divided into up to 4
partitions.

Your point, besides proving your English is flawed?

Installation of Vista over XP is not much different from a clean install.

Yes, it is, much different, especially if the XP installation is
compromised.

The fact that you juxtaposed them indicates that you have no idea how
to do either.

The fact that you posted this sentence indicates that, again, you don't
know what you're talking about.

Vista is much, much superior than XP in many respects.

Yeah, it makes you call India more frequently and makes you spend money
on hardware.

Your XP/Ubuntu message is dying.

You wish.

Alias

Why are you responding to a Vista based question? You know nothing at
all about Vista so just STFU you lying linux troll as*hole loser.
Frank

 

[Frank]

Ubuntu is a South African ethical ideology focusing on people's
allegiances and relations with each other. The word comes from the Zulu
and Xhosa languages. Ubuntu (pronounced "oo-BOON-too") is seen as a
traditional African concept, is regarded as one of the founding
principles of the new republic of South Africa and is connected to the
idea of an African Renaissance.

A rough translation of the principle of Ubuntu is "humanity towards
others". Another translation could be: "the belief in a universal bond
of sharing that connects all humanity".

It has nothing to do with Nigeria and it's clear you have no "humanity
towards others".

Alias

Yeah and people like you (lying linux trolls) have really "bastardized"
the word.
Too bad huh!
Figures.
Frank

 

[Asta la vista, Vista!]

MY SISTERS COMPUTER RUNS FASTER THEN MINE. SHE SAID SOMETHING ABOUT A CLEAN
INSTALL. WHY IS MY COMPUTER SO SLOW NOW. DO I NEED MORE MEMORY OR
SOMETHING. SHOULD I DO A CLEANING OF THIS COMPUTER. THANKS FOR YOUR HELP.
NO ONE HERE WANTS TO HELP ME. I WATNT TO LERN MORE ABOUT CLEAN INSTALL.

I have also done clean installs on blank new partitions. Many a time.
I installed Win2K, WinXP, I installed Vistas [sic]. I have four
computers with two HDDs on each. Some of them are divided into up to 4
partitions.

Your point, besides proving your English is flawed?

Installation of Vista over XP is not much different from a clean
install.

Yes, it is, much different, especially if the XP installation is
compromised.

The fact that you juxtaposed them indicates that you have no idea how
to do either.

The fact that you posted this sentence indicates that, again, you don't
know what you're talking about.

Vista is much, much superior than XP in many respects.

Yeah, it makes you call India more frequently and makes you spend money
on hardware.

Your XP/Ubuntu message is dying.

You wish.

Alias

AlexB wrote:

Dino,

Do not listen, **Alias** is a pathological type that has ulterior
motives to disparage users from switching to Vista.


False.

He is fighting a losing battle.


What battle?

He may also be a crook promoting questionable software.


Cute. Proof? I've never sold software in my life of any kind. I'm not
in the retail business, legal or illegal.

Vista is MUCH MUCH better than XP.


Opinion, not fact.

You can install Vista over XP (same drive) and XP folders will be
preserved in windows.old folder.


And then the fun begins! Course the OP wanted to know about a clean
install on a "new hard drive" but there you go again, knee jerking
your garbage into the news group.


You can install Vista at a separate partition (like I did) and you
will never use that partition again, most likely.


Never use the Vista partition? Do you ever proof read your messages?

To Dino: you can clean install an update version of Vista. See this
web site for instructions:

http://www.winsupersite.com/showcase/winvista_upgrade_clean.asp

Alias



Running XP and thinking about installing an upgrade to Vista.Can
Vista be installed to a clean harddrive using the upgrade version
of the OS?

Why are you responding to a Vista based question? You know nothing at
all about Vista so just STFU you lying linux troll as*hole loser.
Frank