Clean Install Windows Vista Using Upgrade Media
The ideal thing would be to simply do a fresh install of Vista from the XP desktop but I can understand that you might not want to do that. If you set the XP drive as the boot drive and then boot the system with the Vista dvd you will get variation of the drive lettering (no real problem) and will have the boot
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Arnold Koot Arnold_K...@discussions.microsoft.com microsoft public technet howtoneeds What you need to do is to create a bootable dvd to install from. And, it sounds like what you created was a data DVD which will not boot to start an install. I've never done it with the Vista beta. So, I would suggest you look
Windows Boot Manager issue
To eject a DVD or CD you drag its icon on your desktop to the trash. Likewise, to eject a flash-drive you just drag its icon to the trash. but Macs sleep much better, and wake much faster than PCs do. The new Intel Macs use the new EFI booting so they boot up, or re-boot, in about 30 seconds.
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I installed Quicken 2008 Deluxe several months ago and have had no problems installing it or running it with Vista x64. (On a side note, when we boot from the Vista DVD to run Setup, it has no idea what drive letters have been assigned, so it assigns C: to its own Boot Volume - even if that's the 3rd partition
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My Recovery Disc and Partition isn't worth a damn it doesn't fix this no boot. I have no XP D" --and now it will be Vista DVD except apparently for Dell who ..... can technically do a clean install by telling Vista to wipe the hard drive before installing after it confirms a full copy of Windows XP is installed.
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then if you erase - format that partition, there will be no bootloader at all and nothing will boot... since the bootloader always is on the first partition of the drive you can however use then the vista dvd to repair and reinstall the vista bootloader... do a backup of your data before you do all this.
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Then install Vista. You will have a windows.old folder with all the stuff that was on your hard drive. Use the WET wizard again to restore your files and settings and reinstall your apps. Would I still be left in the same boat (needing to be able to boot from the DVD to do a fresh install?). Thanks, Brian O.
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Bruce Chambers bchamb...@cable0ne.n3t microsoft public windows vista general twinriver1 wrote: I am using Vista Home Premium. I understand that this Vista does not allow When I upgrade, sould I jut pop-in the cd/dvd and let the Ultimat do the upgrade or should I wipe out the hard drive and do a clean install?
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Now I'm back in Vista to do this reply. Vista has no restore points. XP has trashed them. If you want to protect the Vista drive and its files you would have to use a 3rd party or I just put the new 320 gb sata drive in, going to go ahead and format it in XP, then boot from the Vista dvd and see how it goes.
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On this second install, make sure to select 'Upgrade', not 'Custom (Advanced)'. You're not doing a clean install now, you're upgrading to Vista. Step 9. Wait while Vista copies files and reboots itself. No user interaction is required. Do not boot from the DVD when asked if you'd like to do so.
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B writes: The repair tools on the Vista DVD can be run in a no boot scenario as they run from the booted DVD. These tools are there to allow you to repair ...... This means anyone looking to do a fresh install for any reason will not be able to. Someone who is doing disaster recovery after a hard drive failure or a
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John Barnes jbar...@email.net microsoft public windows vista general Can I assume you don't have a DVD to run WinRE so you can do a system restore? thinking I would just reinstall the Vista OS and extract what I need from the other drive but after installing the HD I get the same screen for the Boot Manager.
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Acronis also allows you to install Acronis (Basically DOS type) onto the first image disk, so all you have to do is boot your machine, insert the first DVD and then acronis boots and you have access to your image backup. The Vista DVD is too long winded before you arrive at the Repair function to enter the Restore