Re: Vista Clean Install

> For much more information on installing Vista subscribe to
>
> microsoft.public.windows.vista.general
>
> And read everything connected with installing Vista (there's a lot) and
> Office 2007 Beta. I don't remember seeing anything abot Quickbooks 2006,
> but then I wasn't looking for it. If you don't see anything about
> Quickbooks 2006, you could ask there.
>
> Also read all the horror stories from people who upgraded their XP
> production systems to Vista, got their Vista systems corrupted to the

> they will no longer function, and want to restore XP.
>
> If you do an upgrade of your production XP account there is a very large
> chance that you will lose your data. There is no uninstall for Vista, and
> no path for returning to XP. The uninstall consists of reformatting the
> partition and doing a clean install of XP. If you want to install Vista

> your production machine, create a new partition and install it there in a
> dual boot configuration, do not upgrade a production OS
>
> Also keep in mind that Vista does not use boot.sys, it has it's own Vista
> boot manager which will be installed on your XP partition. If you remove
> Vista, you will have to either reconfigure the Vista boot manager to boot

> or you will have to remove the Vista boot manager, and get boot.sys

> again. A number of users have been unable to find boot,sys when they

> it, so back it up somewhere that you can find it if you need another copy.
>
> It is far better to do a clean install of Vista on a freshly formatted
> partition.
>
> Todd
>
> "Franklin" <mjerald@comcast.net> wrote in message
> news:u2NdlKvjGHA.4884@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...

> > Hi,
> > I ordered the Vista on disk. Is it better to do a clean install or and
> > upgrade? I would like to do a clean install and then install the Office

> beta

> > 2 and quickbooks 2006. Which is the best way?
> >
> >