upgrade clean install

Upgrade Vista Premium to Vista Business
I just ordered a second hard drive for my laptop (it has two bays) and I was wondering if I would be able to do a clean install onto my new Hard Drive and still have Windows XP Pro on my 80GB (old one) with Windows Vista Home Premium on my 100GB(new one)? I was hoping to just run this set up until all my programs

!0.5 upgrade eller clean install?
PA Bear [MS MVP] PABear...@gmail.com microsoft public windowsupdate Updates are not installed successfully from Windows Update, from Microsoft Update, or by using Automatic Updates after you repair a Windows XP installation: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/943144 NB: Also applies to clean installs, upgrade installs

Changing from ME to XP
You will boot with the x64 dvd, enter the upgrade edition product key (which will tell the installer to look over the computer for another copy of Windows and then install Ultimate), and then choose Custom Install to complete the installation. In this case, Vista Setup will allow you to do a clean install if you

!0.5 upgrade eller clean install?
The problem now seems to be clean install or upgrade, but looking at the first post on this thread it looks like a clean install is the way forward. The hanging descision is is it 2000 or XP professional ??? pros and cons of boths against my needs please. I would like 1.) %100 game suspport (as close as possible) 2

Clean install with Upgrade Disk ???
I strongly recommend to never upgrade from different releases. I do not even do a do a version upgrade. Clean install for me every time. You can do a clean install into a separate partition and you wind up with a multi-boot system. When you are happy with the new install, the old partition becomes the next test

Windows 98 CLEAN install, how to?
I recently did an upgrade from W98SE to W2K, partially to save all those settings. However, I am having some problems and am thinking of doing a clean install on another partition. Can I copy Documents and Settings from my upgraded W2K to my clean install to preserve those settings which were carried forward form

Advice re Win95/98 Clean Reinstall
No real problems with it, but think it is about time to upgrade to Windows XP. On the Dell Forum, I asked about this and it was recommended to do a "clean install" of Windows XP, rather than doing an upgrade. Is that really the best way to do this? Appreciate any comments on this. Thank you.

Clean install or upgrade?
This isn't Windows - you don't need to do clean installs as a matter of routine. Paul Paul, I cannot agree with this at all - especially based on what I have been seeing recently since the launch of Leopard. I feel the best way forward is for a totally clean install of Leopard - and not an upgrade.

Windows XP Upgrade Clean Install
In researching options to use the Ultimate upgrade I purchased (which comes with both the 32 and 64 bit DVD media) - there appears to be some issues with the 64 bit installation since upgrading from a 32 bit version to a 64 bit version does require a clean install. I have both the Premium OEM and Ultimate

Upgrade Clean Install? 32-Bit to 64-Bit?
Is this because I upgraded rather than did a clean install? Its running on a 600Mhz Athlon with 128 Mb RAM. And Konqueror is not loading at all. I'm probably going to do a clean install and see if that improves performance but I wanted to know what your thoughts were. Thanks, Tom My upgrade was nearly flawless.

more comments on the 2000 / XP from 98 upgrade clean install please.
Since the XP upgrade replaces so much of the previous OS, it is very nearly a clean install. In any instance I feel it is a good idea to prep for a clean Motive for the clean install was curiosity. Didn't see much difference in the results. The battle of upgrade install vs clean install will always be around

Clean Install Upgrade home premium from xp media center - partion
ASP Partitiong Harddrive: http://www.newlogic.co.uk/kbase/fdisk/page1.htm Clean and Reinstall OS: http://www.netpathway.com/~kramer/reinstall.html Clean install using the Win98 Upgrade disk: http://newlife-win98.server101.com/clean_install.htm install win95? I have both discs and licence numbers, but was wondering

WinXP, version 2002
The original post simply asked if he could "clean" install with an upgrade disk. The answer is yes. If you are trying to state the EULA doesn't allow this, Clean install with an upgrade disk is posted everywhere. (The MVP is technically correct. You cannot "clean" install and activate the upgrade product.

!0.5 upgrade eller clean install?
I installed Vista Ultimate from the DVD, it told me that the upgrade option was disabled and that I should do a clean install. Upgrade from what? I guess this answers my "was Vista pre-installed" question in a roundabout way. :>{ appeared on the default drive C. This gave me 10GB extra, but there is still about

WIN2K Upgrade Clean install & Service Pack 2
Rich Barry rba...@NOTsocal.rr.com microsoft public windowsxp help_and_support Tj, it's my understanding that in order to use the XP Upgrade CD to do a clean install you have to have the OS CD you are upgrading from. http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html Below is taken from Michaels cleaninstall site

Vista upgrade clean install
Brink Brink.35k...@no-mx.forums.net microsoft public windows vista general Heath;629936 Wrote: I have used the upgrade kit for vista home premium. I am wondering if I should do a clean install of vista (wipe drive clean) cause i did not know it would leave the old OS on the drive. And will the performance increase

Is an OS X "clean install" just like a pre-X "clean install?"
Others have posted that you can setup xp right from dos without having to install win98 first. It just ask to verify that you have win98. Suppository that is the better way of installing xp upgrade. I have been told that my way of doing it is not considered a clean install. ps once i installed xp,

Win98SE to WinXP Upgrade clean install
In particular, I've had BSODs on brand-new installations on a clean install. A lot of it just depends upon the hardware involved, drivers and such. The SBS 2000 upgrade is a more technical upgrade....by any manner....than anyone has previously seen with SBS, because all versions of SBS prior to this remained in the

Windows XP Upgrade Clean Install
How often do you install (clean install over the old version) and/or upgrade to a new version? I am still running Red Hat Linux 7.1 and 7.2. I believe I had 7.1 since April 2001. Now, that's not very old today. I noticed lately, a lot of programs require library upgrades. However, some of them require MANY upgrades

Upgrade from ME to XP clean install question
Bill James wgja...@mvps.org microsoft public win98 performance At this point, the best choice is probably to upgrade, in order to avoid problems with drivers that may not be available yet for Me, and to avoid the time required to re-install all your other programs. If you do want to clean install,