Installing 5536 after beta 2

>I have a system with 2 hard drives. My original Windows XP drive and a
>second one that added to test Vista beta 2. When I installed beta 2 I got a
>boot menu that let's me select what system to boot.
>
> Now I want to remove beta 2 and install Vista 5536. But I'm not sure about
> the procedure for doing this. I've also seen that when I boot with XP of
> Vista my HD letters changes and I'm afraid to doing something wrong.
>
> Do I have to boot from the 5536 install DVD, then format de Vista beta 2
> drive and do a clean install?
>
> Will I have some problems with the beta 2 boot menu or simply will boot
> 5536 after the installation?
>
> I will be sure about what to do before starting the installation.
>
> Regards,
> Angel.
>

> Just upgrade your existing Vista by inserting the new DVD while signed
> into XP and open the disc, locate the setup.exe and go from there.

> I'm sure this will be more safe. But I always prefer to do a clean install
> when intalling an OS. I doubt an upgrade over beta 2 will have the same
> result that installing over a formatet partition.
>
> Regards,
> Angel.
>

>> Just upgrade your existing Vista by inserting the new DVD while signed
>> into XP and open the disc, locate the setup.exe and go from there.

>
>

>I erred in my previous post...it should read while signed into Vista
>Beta...it worked just fine for me.

> Thanks Peter,
>
> No problem. I already installed Pre-RC1 yesterday and the intallation was
> great. Luckily I did not formated my partition before installing. I've
> just run the install application from Vista Beta 2 and then choose to make
> a new installation on my Vista partition.
>
> I was afraid of the results, but it was great. Vista created a totally new
> and clean install on the partition. Then created a Windows.old folder with
> all the information from the previous Beta 2 (Program Files, Users and
> Windows folders). That's just what I needed. A very simple and great way
> to do an installation.
>
> Pre-RC1 is really impressive. Runs much better but I'm still disapointed
> with two problems. Mobile Center doesn't sync with my PocketPC and the
> wifi drivers that gave problems on Beta 2 are not updated on Pre-RC1 even
> when apearead a patch on Windows Update that fixed this.
>
> Regards,
> Angel.
>
>
>

>>I erred in my previous post...it should read while signed into Vista
>>Beta...it worked just fine for me.

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