Upgrade XP to Vista

[Guest]

I want to install Vista on my laptop and I was wondering if when i do the
upgrade from XP will it keep all my documents, settings and programs?

 

[droid]

That's the idea but remember.. It might end up such way that you can't go
back to XP and the Vista won't boot either in the worst case.

A proper way to approach this operation is to buy hardware that allows to
connect the laptop hdd to desktop computer. This can cost from $3 (internal
converter) to $30 (external usb model). Then backup the laptop drive
contents 1:1.

It takes some doing but if thing go bad (and they *do*, read the
newsgroups), you'll be wanting the XP back as it were.

 

[Guest]

I HAVE NEW HARD DRIVE AND GRAPHICS CARD HOPING TO GET THE DISK MADE

 

[Guest]

If you backup your disk with image software such as norton ghost or acronis
true image before you install vista, you will be able to return to xp very
easily. I made an image of the drive after I installed vista as well, this
way I can reinstall vista to the same point if needed in the future.