install vista upgrade over linux

[Guest]

setup is now dual boot, linux and xp. lilo is the boot loader. if i run a
vista upgrade do i need to remove lilo first, or will vista just take over
the mbr?

 

[Rick Rogers]

Hi.

Vista setup will overwrite the mbr to point to its own bootloader.

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[Guest]

thanks. now i have 2 hard drives in pc. master is dual boot, slave is new and
ntfs. from within xp, can i install upgrade to slave drive (leaving xp intact

 

[Rock]

thanks. now i have 2 hard drives in pc. master is dual boot, slave is new
and
ntfs. from within xp, can i install upgrade to slave drive (leaving xp
intact

Per the upgrade license for Vista, you cannot have Vista and the qualifying
OS installed at the same time. It's one of the other.

 

[Jerry McBride]

Per the upgrade license for Vista, you cannot have Vista and the
qualifying
OS installed at the same time. It's one of the other.

Welcome to Windows...

 

[Rock]

It's not new in Vista. It was the same in XP.

 

[Michael A. Covington]

Per the upgrade license for Vista, you cannot have Vista and the

It's not new in Vista. It was the same in XP.

Are you sure? I *do* have it set up that way, as dual-boot arrangement. It
is one of the options I was offered, and that's how I set it up.

 

[mikeyhsd]

check this article for using UPGRADE disk for clean install.

http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=5932



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It's not new in Vista. It was the same in XP.

Are you sure? I *do* have it set up that way, as dual-boot arrangement. It
is one of the options I was offered, and that's how I set it up.

 

[Rock]

"Michael A. Covington" wrote

Are you sure? I *do* have it set up that way, as dual-boot arrangement.
It is one of the options I was offered, and that's how I set it up.

Yes I am sure. Read the read the license. The license (EULA) for the Vista
upgrade specifically states you can't have both installed. Nothing prevents
it technically, but it's a violation of the license. If you want to dual
boot XP and Vista you need a full version of Vista, or if you have an
upgrade license for Vista, then you need two licensed copies of XP, one as
the basis of the upgrade and one in the dual boot.