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IMHO:

Well, for the longest time "upgrade" meant installing a newer operating system (OS) over the older one without removing the older first. Third party programs wouldn't have to be reinstalled, the users data would still be there.

Then the "in-place upgrade" and "Repair install" upgrades came along used to indicate the reinstalling of the *same* OS without removing the original installation as a method to fix problems and issues etc. etc. essentially the same as an "upgrade" with the exception that the old OS is the same version as the new OS.

Then "in-place upgrade" came to indicate the same thing as "upgrade" for some reason -- probably to differentiate an "upgrade" from other types of installation such as a "custom install" (which seems to be a variant of a "clean install" where the clean install process is started by running a wizard in the old OS -- the user may perceive it to be an upgrade -- and there maybe some backup -- but defacto, it is really a "clean install" -- but since it is slightly different there's need of the new differentiating term) and a clean install (installing an OS fresh on a new harddrive (HDD) or wiped HDD).

Saucy



"Ken Blake, MVP" <kblake@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:md0vd5hg6rmj47csqsj2o7lekqpa2hqge2@xxxxxxxxxx
On Wed, 21 Oct 2009 17:27:29 -0400, "Peter Foldes" <okf22@xxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

R. C.

To me an "in place upgrade" means a Repair install.


I'll throw in my opinion here. It's never meant that to me, and my
view is like RC's--an "in-place upgrade" is simply an "upgrade." An
upgrade and a repair are two completely different things, as far as
I'm concerned.


It always meant that for me but
as you point out RC the phrase is being used more and more to mean different things
like Upgrading to a different Windows version as an example.
So at this point I always need to read the post completely as to see what the OP
means when he uses the term "in place upgrade"


I'm with you entirely here. In fact, sometime reading carefully isn't
good enough, and it's best to ask to be sure I understand what the
poster is talking about.



"R. C. White" <rc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:eg7ZqVmUKHA.4592@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Hi, Gordon.
>
> "Gordon" <gordonbparker@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:ORw4AGmUKHA.1236@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>
>> "R. C. White" <rc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:uGxCGAmUKHA.1576@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> Hi, Gordon.
>>>
>>>> I think what it means is that you can't do an IN-PLACE upgrade.
>>>
>>> Is this a new use for the phrase "in-place upgrade"? I've seen it >>> more than
>>> once today in these newsgroups.
>>
>> AFAIK there's never been more than one meaning of "in place upgrade". >> It means
>> upgrading an OS/application without removing the original first, thus >> keeping all
>> settings/data etc etc.
>
> I believe that is simply a upgrade, without the "in-place" phrase.
>
> If we are upgrading to a different location - or removing the original
> installation and installing a new one on the same volume - then we may > be using an
> "Upgrade" retail package, but we are actually doing a "clean install" > with it.
>
> While "in-place upgrades" were quite common with WinXP, it is my > understanding
> that they cannot be done with Vista. At least, not simply to repair an > existing
> installation, as with WinXP. (See KB article 968279 for a limited > application in
> Vista.)
>
> But Bing gets lots of hits on "in-place +vista" (mostly from the > Answers forum),
> so maybe the use of the phrase is broadening and changing from what I > learned
> several years ago. And your interpretation of the phrase does seem > more logical
> than equating it to "repair".
>
> Maybe someone will chime in and clarify this for all of us. ;^}
>
> RC
> -- > R. C. White, CPA
> San Marcos, TX
> rc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Microsoft Windows MVP
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