about upgrading/buying vista

Slim,


1.) It will need to be a clean install to the best of my knowledge. You
typically cannot downgrade from a higher "version" beta to a "lowever"
release version.

2.) Moving from XP Home from Vista Ultimate would need to be a clean
install.


Bill F.


"Slim Rabbit" <Slim Rabbit@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:9E9C603E-017C-4CE0-9DF1-90EED51DDF29@microsoft.com...

>i have vista RC1 ultimate (build 5600) and have a (more than) couple of
> questions
>
> 1: if i buy the full version of vista home basic or home premium, will it
> be
> an UPGRADE or a CLEAN INSTALL?
>
> 2:if i say "down with vista" (temporarily of course) and decide to
> reinstall
> xp home, will it be an UPGRADE or a CLEAN INSTALL?
>
> 3:and lastly, can i make xp a dual install now, and when vista expires,
> use
> xp as my primary os?
>
> these questions are driving me crazy so please post ASAP
>

"Slim Rabbit" wrote

>i have vista RC1 ultimate (build 5600) and have a (more than) couple of
> questions
>
> 1: if i buy the full version of vista home basic or home premium, will it
> be
> an UPGRADE or a CLEAN INSTALL?
>
> 2:if i say "down with vista" (temporarily of course) and decide to
> reinstall
> xp home, will it be an UPGRADE or a CLEAN INSTALL?
>
> 3:and lastly, can i make xp a dual install now, and when vista expires,
> use
> xp as my primary os?
>
> these questions are driving me crazy so please post ASAP

1. MS hasn't said for sure if RC1 can be upgraded to RTM. Complicating
this is your wanting to go from Ultimate to a Home version. In XP you
cannot downgrade from Pro to Home - a clean install is required. So I would
say the odds are the answer to your question is No.

2. To go from RC1 Ultimate to XP Home, if you're not in a dual boot
situation, will require a clean install of XP Home.

3. Certainly. The Vista install can be removed. Make sure you have some
means of recovering the system to XP Home in case the attempt at installing
Vista as a dual boot doesn't work. It should work - I have a multi-boot
setup with two XP and two Vista, but we have seen situations in here where
the install went haywire.

I've found it's easiest to let things that are driving you crazy take you
all the way to crazy. Once there you no longer have to deal with the ups
and downs of the "driving you" part.

--

Rock [ MVP User/Shell]

thanks to eveyone for answering so quickly.
to be a little more specific as to my third question, after vista expires i
can switch to xp with no data loss?

"Rock" wrote:

> "Slim Rabbit" wrote
>

> >i have vista RC1 ultimate (build 5600) and have a (more than) couple of
> > questions
> >
> > 1: if i buy the full version of vista home basic or home premium, will it
> > be
> > an UPGRADE or a CLEAN INSTALL?
> >
> > 2:if i say "down with vista" (temporarily of course) and decide to
> > reinstall
> > xp home, will it be an UPGRADE or a CLEAN INSTALL?
> >
> > 3:and lastly, can i make xp a dual install now, and when vista expires,
> > use
> > xp as my primary os?
> >
> > these questions are driving me crazy so please post ASAP

>
> 1. MS hasn't said for sure if RC1 can be upgraded to RTM. Complicating
> this is your wanting to go from Ultimate to a Home version. In XP you
> cannot downgrade from Pro to Home - a clean install is required. So I would
> say the odds are the answer to your question is No.
>
> 2. To go from RC1 Ultimate to XP Home, if you're not in a dual boot
> situation, will require a clean install of XP Home.
>
> 3. Certainly. The Vista install can be removed. Make sure you have some
> means of recovering the system to XP Home in case the attempt at installing
> Vista as a dual boot doesn't work. It should work - I have a multi-boot
> setup with two XP and two Vista, but we have seen situations in here where
> the install went haywire.
>
> I've found it's easiest to let things that are driving you crazy take you
> all the way to crazy. Once there you no longer have to deal with the ups
> and downs of the "driving you" part.
>
> --
>
> Rock [ MVP User/Shell]
>
>

"Slim Rabbit" wrote

> thanks to eveyone for answering so quickly.
> to be a little more specific as to my third question, after vista expires
> i
> can switch to xp with no data loss?
>
> "Rock" wrote:
>

>> "Slim Rabbit" wrote
>>

>> >i have vista RC1 ultimate (build 5600) and have a (more than) couple of
>> > questions
>> >
>> > 1: if i buy the full version of vista home basic or home premium, will
>> > it
>> > be
>> > an UPGRADE or a CLEAN INSTALL?
>> >
>> > 2:if i say "down with vista" (temporarily of course) and decide to
>> > reinstall
>> > xp home, will it be an UPGRADE or a CLEAN INSTALL?
>> >
>> > 3:and lastly, can i make xp a dual install now, and when vista expires,
>> > use
>> > xp as my primary os?
>> >
>> > these questions are driving me crazy so please post ASAP

>>
>> 1. MS hasn't said for sure if RC1 can be upgraded to RTM. Complicating
>> this is your wanting to go from Ultimate to a Home version. In XP you
>> cannot downgrade from Pro to Home - a clean install is required. So I
>> would
>> say the odds are the answer to your question is No.
>>
>> 2. To go from RC1 Ultimate to XP Home, if you're not in a dual boot
>> situation, will require a clean install of XP Home.
>>
>> 3. Certainly. The Vista install can be removed. Make sure you have
>> some
>> means of recovering the system to XP Home in case the attempt at
>> installing
>> Vista as a dual boot doesn't work. It should work - I have a multi-boot
>> setup with two XP and two Vista, but we have seen situations in here
>> where
>> the install went haywire.
>>
>> I've found it's easiest to let things that are driving you crazy take you
>> all the way to crazy. Once there you no longer have to deal with the ups
>> and downs of the "driving you" part.

In a dual boot system, yes.

--

Rock [ MVP User/Shell]