Vista: am I going to need the full version, or can I get the upgrade?
- From: "kcmunchkin@xxxxxxxxx" <kcmunchkin@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: 15 Oct 2006 05:16:31 -0700
I have an OEM Windows XP Home w/SP2 disk that I installed on my current
machine roughly a year and a half ago. This is an actual Windows disk
and not a recovery disk or anything like that.
My question is this: I am planning on building a new machine to handle
Vista...will I be able to just buy the Vista upgrade and do a "clean
install" on the new machine?
My understanding of a "clean install" is that I'd stick the Vista
upgrade into the machine and, before it would install it, it would ask
for my earlier version of Windows just to verify that I have an earlier
version of Windows.
Would I have any problem considering that it's an OEM Windows XP Home
disk?
Would it recognize that the disk is tied to another machine and not let
me install Vista?
How does a "clean install" (full install) with an upgrade disk work,
anyway? Is there a downside to doing it this way? Does it actually
install files from the XP disk?
What would you guys do?
Best regards,
EM
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