Does the Upgrade Take over or work ontop of XP

[Guest]

I have, to my understanding, a corrupt XP system. Would I have to buy the
Full versionof vista or can i just buy the upgrade

 

[NBC]

I have, to my understanding, a corrupt XP system. Would I have to buy the
Full versionof vista or can i just buy the upgrade

Do you have an XP disk or just a preinstalled version? Do you have a way to
reinstall the original OS? If so, then upgrade is doable.

 

[Rick Rogers]

Hi,

Can you boot into the XP installation. If so, then you can upgrade. If not,
you'll need a full version. An upgrade has to be started from within a
running instance of XP or 2000.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

 

[NBC]

Hi,

Can you boot into the XP installation. If so, then you can upgrade. If
not, you'll need a full version. An upgrade has to be started from within
a running instance of XP or 2000.

Running an OS upgrade from within a failing OS is only asking fo major
problems!
But then I guess some people are into that!

 

[BrianW]

There is a trick to doing a clean install, when all you have is an upgrade
installation key. An internet search should yield a step-by-step
explanation.

I certainly would not try to "upgrade" a clearly corrupt XP installation,
but like I said, there is a work-around for your situation. "Kintzy"

 

[Rick Rogers]

In the "old" days, that was very true, the problematic files would port over
to the new install and the problem would still exist. Vista, however,
doesn't just overwrite and update existing files, but rather moves
everything that exists to a temp folder, then lays down its own image block
by block. It then imports needed files back into the new image (programs,
settings, user accounts), so the chance of keeping munged system files is
minimal.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org