Reinstalling Vista whilst preserving my files

[Grant Hardy]

Hey all, I want to reinstall my copy of Windows Vista Home Premium as a
clean installation, neaing I don't want any of my programs to linger on the
computer. However, I have a folder (c:\grant\" that I want preserved during
the install. Is this possible?

By the way, can retail copies of Vista be upgraded to Ultimate?

 

[Rick Rogers]

Hi Grant,

Hey all, I want to reinstall my copy of Windows Vista Home Premium as a
clean installation, neaing I don't want any of my programs to linger on
the computer. However, I have a folder (c:\grant\" that I want preserved
during the install. Is this possible?

Just install without formatting.

By the way, can retail copies of Vista be upgraded to Ultimate?

Any retail version of Vista can be upgraded to Ultimate via Anytime Upgrade:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/pr...orupgrade/windowsanytimeupgrade/overview.mspx

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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

 

[Hank Arnold (MVP)]

Hey all, I want to reinstall my copy of Windows Vista Home Premium as a
clean installation, neaing I don't want any of my programs to linger on
the computer. However, I have a folder (c:\grant\" that I want
preserved during the install. Is this possible?

By the way, can retail copies of Vista be upgraded to Ultimate?

Back it up to CD or USB drive before you do a clean install.

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Regards,
Hank Arnold
Microsoft MVP
Windows Server - Directory Services