Installing upgrade on second drive

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Hello,
Core Duo 2.13
XP Pro 2002 Service Pack 2
2GB Ram
I just received my upgrade copy of Vista Business. Have a second empty
hard drive and want to install Vista there so that I can dual boot and
just "visit" Vista. Never done this before. Tried uplugging the main
drive with XP and starting up with only the empty drive visible. The
install began but it rejected the 25 char code saying that I'd have to
intall while booted to XP.
So, tried that but got the definite sense that my primary drive would
get wiped without getting to specify the empty drive as the
destination. Bailed out there.
Could anyone help with this? Do NOT want to lose my primary XP and
files at this time.
Bill
 
Bill said:
Hello,
Core Duo 2.13
XP Pro 2002 Service Pack 2
2GB Ram
I just received my upgrade copy of Vista Business. Have a second empty
hard drive and want to install Vista there so that I can dual boot and
just "visit" Vista. Never done this before. Tried uplugging the main
drive with XP and starting up with only the empty drive visible. The
install began but it rejected the 25 char code saying that I'd have to
intall while booted to XP.
So, tried that but got the definite sense that my primary drive would
get wiped without getting to specify the empty drive as the
destination. Bailed out there.
Could anyone help with this? Do NOT want to lose my primary XP and
files at this time.
Bill
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You purchased an *upgrade* to your existing license, not a second license.
You have one license, not two.
It's normal that the upgrade would want to upgrade your existing XP to
Vista. Whether you can find a workaround to install Vista on a separate
partition, I don't know. If you find a way, and I'm sure others will post
techniques here if it can be done, you'll be violating the EULA.
 
Bill said:
Hello,
Core Duo 2.13
XP Pro 2002 Service Pack 2
2GB Ram
I just received my upgrade copy of Vista Business. Have a second empty
hard drive and want to install Vista there so that I can dual boot and
just "visit" Vista. Never done this before. Tried uplugging the main
drive with XP and starting up with only the empty drive visible. The
install began but it rejected the 25 char code saying that I'd have to
intall while booted to XP.
So, tried that but got the definite sense that my primary drive would
get wiped without getting to specify the empty drive as the
destination. Bailed out there.
Could anyone help with this? Do NOT want to lose my primary XP and
files at this time.
Bill
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Install the system without entering the key. When it is installed, upgrade
it, this time entering the key.
 
Bill said:
Hello,
Core Duo 2.13
XP Pro 2002 Service Pack 2
2GB Ram
I just received my upgrade copy of Vista Business. Have a second empty
hard drive and want to install Vista there so that I can dual boot and
just "visit" Vista. Never done this before. Tried uplugging the main
drive with XP and starting up with only the empty drive visible. The
install began but it rejected the 25 char code saying that I'd have to
intall while booted to XP.
So, tried that but got the definite sense that my primary drive would
get wiped without getting to specify the empty drive as the
destination. Bailed out there.
Could anyone help with this? Do NOT want to lose my primary XP and
files at this time.
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You may not do this. The upgrade license does not permit you to use both the
operating system you are upgrading from and the one you are upgrading to.
Moreover, you want to do a clean installation with an Upgrade version.
Unlike the way it worked in Windows XP, Vista does not permit that.
 
It may work, but it is against the EULA if you still use the XP (as you are
invalidating the XP license when the Upgrade Vista is installed). Otherwise,
they'd sell clean installs for less. Basically, with the upgrade, you're
getting a discount as you've already purchased Windows XP.

--
Dustin Harper
(e-mail address removed)
http://www.vistarip.com

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I'm aware that there is a workaround. Nevertheless, I am not wrong.
As I said, Vista does not permit that.
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LOL....except that "Vista" has no way to stop a person from installing that
way. It works just fine.
 
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