Installing vista over xp

[wwp]

Is it posible to install vista without having to reinstall all my
programs?
I have an acronis true image backup but I'm thinking that if I do a
restore it will also restore xp. Then what?
This is breaking my little brain.
Please help if you can.
Thanks
wwp

 

[Richard Urban]

If the system was running Windows XP when you made the image of course XP
will be there if you restore the image. That's what an image is for: to
bring you back to the exact moment in time when you created the image - much
like a photograph.

Maybe you are really asking something else?

 

[Mick Murphy]

Do a Vista upgrade from within a running XP System.

Then use Acronis to do an image backup.

 

[wwp]

Thanks for the replies.
You're right. I should have asked: If I do a vista upgrade from within
my existing xp will it wipe out my all my programs? Will vista
automatically format my hard drive?
wwp

 

[Rick Rogers]

Hi,

An upgrade implies that files, programs, settings, and user accounts are
ported from the existing installation into the new one. An upgrade does not
require a format, that would be a clean install. What is most important is
that you upgrade with an appropriate version of Vista. IE: XP Home to Vista
Home Basic, Premium, Business, or Ultimate. XP Pro to Business or Ultimate
(not any of the Home flavors).

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com

 

[wwp]

Thank you for this Cyberwolf.
That's just what I wanted to know.
wwp