Vista Upgrade edition will not permit "clean" installs

[Melissa B.]

Isn't Microshaft wonderful?

Read here how we'll get screwed again:

http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/Ou/?p=414&tag=nl.e103

MAB

 

[Shenan Stanley]

Isn't Microshaft wonderful?

Read here how we'll get screwed again:

http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/Ou/?p=414&tag=nl.e103

It does make me wonder (I have no 'Upgrade Editions' of Vista to test
with..) if Paul tried it before writing this:

http://www.winsupersite.com/reviews/winvista_03.asp

Specifically, "... You can use a "Full" or "Upgrade" retail version of
Windows Vista to perform a clean install, though you will need "qualifying
media"--typically a Windows XP or 2000 CD that proves you qualify for the
Upgrade version. ..."

Usually he's not off on this sort of thing.

 

[Kerry Brown]

It does make me wonder (I have no 'Upgrade Editions' of Vista to test
with..) if Paul tried it before writing this:

http://www.winsupersite.com/reviews/winvista_03.asp

Specifically, "... You can use a "Full" or "Upgrade" retail version of
Windows Vista to perform a clean install, though you will need "qualifying
media"--typically a Windows XP or 2000 CD that proves you qualify for the
Upgrade version. ..."

Usually he's not off on this sort of thing.

In this case he's off target. With a Vista upgrade key you cannot so a clean
install in a lot of cases. An upgrade is truly an upgrade and can only be
started from within a running, qualified, activated (if possible) OS. The
exception is if you are upgrading to Vista x64. If you boot from a Vista DVD
and enter an upgrade key then you will be told that the upgrade cannot
continue from here and you must start the upgrade from within a running OS.
There is no option to insert a qualifying media. Because the upgrade must
start from a running OS there is no way to delete the system partition and
perform a clean install.

 

[JS]

So if you wipe the hard drive, install XP, skip the security updates,
install all your applications and app updates you wish to keep (eliminating
all the junk that accumulated over the years) and then upgrade to Vista you
should be a happy camper. Note that I did not include the
registration/validation of XP prior to upgrading, will be interesting to see
if this approach works.

JS

 

[Greg Rozelle]

So if you wipe the hard drive, install XP, skip the security updates,
install all your applications and app updates you wish to keep (eliminating
all the junk that accumulated over the years) and then upgrade to Vista you
should be a happy camper. Note that I did not include the
registration/validation of XP prior to upgrading, will be interesting to see
if this approach works.

I read most applications will not work with Vista and it has less
compatibility for older stuff. Since, I no longer have xp. It does
not bother me.

Greg Rozelle

 

[Greybeard]

I just wasted 2 hours figuring out that I could not do a clean install
(Upgrade Ultimate) to my new Raid 0 array. I built new system in my old
case, have my original ME & XP Pro, and have only this one PC, so a true
full PC Upgrade is what I am doing. Attempted to re-install XP Pro to new
clean array and it would not see the array, though bios does. Guess I must
add new non-raid drive, install XP Pro, re-register, add nothing, run
Ultimate Upgrade, and use some unidentified software to push the Vista OS
onto the Raid 0 array.

What software will move the OS to the array with ease?

Is there a way to get XP Pro to see and install directly to the Raid 0
striped array?

Thanks,
John

PS: Thanks for this thread. You have save me from more hours of
mis-adventure.

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

I read most applications will not work with Vista

You read wrong. I've been running Windows Vista Utimate for 2.5 months now,
and all my applications run without a problem. Only an occasional Utility
doesn't work.

and it has less
compatibility for older stuff.

No compatibility issues here either.