Upgrade license question

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ToddAndMargo

Hi All,

I am planing up upgrade from XP pro to Vista Business
(or maybe Ultimate). My machine is multiboot. I would
like to maintain the existing XP on its partition and
run Vista on a different partition. Will the upgrade license
allow for this, one do they ask that I stop using XP?

Many thanks,
--T
 
You would need a "full version" of Windows Vista
if you intend on maintaining a separate Windows XP
installation.

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows Shell/User

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| Hi All,
|
| I am planing up upgrade from XP pro to Vista Business
| (or maybe Ultimate). My machine is multiboot. I would
| like to maintain the existing XP on its partition and
| run Vista on a different partition. Will the upgrade license
| allow for this, one do they ask that I stop using XP?
|
| Many thanks,
| --T
 
Based on the past MS OS upgrades, the standard would be to hide the XP
install. Show the XP installation CD as proof of upgrade eligibility, then
install Vista on another partition. Use a 3rd party boot manager to
maintain separate partitions hidden from each OS.
If all you have is a restore XP installation CD, or the XP installation
itself, SOL.
 
With the upgrade version of Windows Vista, no more inserting
the legacy CD for detection. It does compliance checking for
a legacy version of a Windows installation so setup needs to be
started from within Windows to be able to use the upgrade version.

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows Shell/User

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------

:

| Based on the past MS OS upgrades, the standard would be to hide the XP
| install. Show the XP installation CD as proof of upgrade eligibility, then
| install Vista on another partition. Use a 3rd party boot manager to
| maintain separate partitions hidden from each OS.
| If all you have is a restore XP installation CD, or the XP installation
| itself, SOL.
| --
| Jonny
 
Carey said:
With the upgrade version of Windows Vista, no more inserting
the legacy CD for detection. It does compliance checking for
a legacy version of a Windows installation so setup needs to be
started from within Windows to be able to use the upgrade version.
Click to expand...

Oh Crap! What happens if you have to wipe your hard drive
and start over?
 
Carey said:
You would need a "full version" of Windows Vista
if you intend on maintaining a separate Windows XP
installation.
Click to expand...

Just to make sure, even if it is the same hardware,
just a different partition?
 
Oh Crap! What happens if you have to wipe your hard drive
and start over?
Click to expand...


The geniuses at Microsoft cannot think of anything as mundane
as this. Remember, it is the same people who have allowed OEM's
to put recovery partitions into hard drives, a device with a
known failure rate. Ludicrous!
 
Carey said:
With the upgrade version of Windows Vista, no more inserting
the legacy CD for detection. It does compliance checking for
a legacy version of a Windows installation so setup needs to be
started from within Windows to be able to use the upgrade version.
Click to expand...

THX for the clarification, Carey!
I have a full understanding for applying this instrument of fighting
crackz and warez.
Does it imply that a successful compliance checking requires an
installed *and activated* legacy version of Windows?

Roy
 
Yes it does.

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows Shell/User

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:

| Carey Frisch [MVP] schrieb:
| > With the upgrade version of Windows Vista, no more inserting
| > the legacy CD for detection. It does compliance checking for
| > a legacy version of a Windows installation so setup needs to be
| > started from within Windows to be able to use the upgrade version.
| >
|
| THX for the clarification, Carey!
| I have a full understanding for applying this instrument of fighting
| crackz and warez.
| Does it imply that a successful compliance checking requires an
| installed *and activated* legacy version of Windows?
|
| Roy
 
An upgrade version of Windows Vista can only be installed
on a partition that already has a legacy operating system installed
on it. This requirement is totally different from previous upgrade
versions of Windows. The term "upgrade", in its strict definition",
means just that...upgrade.

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows - Shell/User

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Carey said:
An upgrade version of Windows Vista can only be installed
on a partition that already has a legacy operating system installed
on it. This requirement is totally different from previous upgrade
versions of Windows. The term "upgrade", in its strict definition",
means just that...upgrade.
Click to expand...

Yeah, upgrade MS' coffers, in the strictest sense. Vista: MS' last hurrah.

Alias
 
When one inserts the Windows Vista DVD in the DVD drive,
the Windows Vista setup menu appears. When you click on
"What to know before installing Windows", there is a paragraph
that states: "You cannot start, or 'boot', your computer from the
Windows Vista upgrade disc".

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows Shell/User

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------

:

| Based on the past MS OS upgrades, the standard would be to hide the XP
| install. Show the XP installation CD as proof of upgrade eligibility, then
| install Vista on another partition. Use a 3rd party boot manager to
| maintain separate partitions hidden from each OS.
| If all you have is a restore XP installation CD, or the XP installation
| itself, SOL.
| --
| Jonny
 

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