setup option greyed out

[Guest]

Please does anyone know why i cannot upgrade to vista beta 2, message says '
setup has failed to perform upgrade compliance checks' why is this?

 

[Dennis Pack x64, v64B2 \(5384\), OPP2007B2]

Gingersnake:
There is an upgrade path from Windows x86 to Vista x86.
There are no upgrade paths from Windows X64 or to Vista x64.

 

[AJR]

The upgrade option is "greyed (or grayed?)out" if you set BIOS to boot from
CD and install Vista.

 

[Andyistic]

Since when is it possible to boot from the Vista Beta DVD?
I understood that the only way to install Vista is from a previous OS like
XP.

-- Andy

 

[Mark D. VandenBeg]

MSFT's own web site recommends a clean install. Beta 2 is bootable.

 

[Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM]

Since when is it possible to boot from the Vista Beta DVD?
I understood that the only way to install Vista is from a previous OS like
XP.

Every Vista CD I've had, whether from Microsoft or burned from an ISO, has
been bootable.

 

[Colin Barnhorst]

It always has been. The first build I saw, 4078, was bootable.