Hello Colin,
What questions are you looking to be answered with this scenario?
What options are presented to the user? ( upgrade or clean install)
I presume running setup from within a running Windows 2000 Pro machine.
Thanks,
Darrell Gorter[MSFT]

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|>Have you tried a Win2k to Vista Business or Ultimate x86? How does that
|>work? Should be easy to do in a vm. What can you do if a second vhd is
|>available?
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|>""Darrell Gorter[MSFT]"" <Darrellg@online.microsoft.com> wrote in message
|>news:zpNFPtSNHHA.3604@TK2MSFTNGHUB02.phx.gbl...
|>> Hello Colin,
|>> Thanks for doing this. Looks pretty good, a couple of points of
clarity.
|>> I didn't check Windows 2000, I only checked against Windows Vista and
|>> Windows XP.
|>> We need to clarfiy between 64-bit and 32-bit media with Upgrade Product
|>> Keys.
|>> If the Windows Vista Media is 32-bit and you enter an Upgrade Product
key,
|>> you have to be inside the existing OS to meet the compliance check. You
|>> cannot boot to the DVD and install.
|>> If the Windows Vista Media is 64-bit and you enter an Upgrade Product
key
|>> you can boot to the dvd, and if a qualifying OS is located on a local
hard
|>> drive, setup will allow you to proceed.
|>> The disk configuration screen happens after the compliance check so you
|>> should able to format the volume and setup should continue. ( I had
|>> multiple blank volumes so I didn't format).
|>> Thanks,
|>> Darrell Gorter[MSFT]
|>>
|>> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
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|>> |>From: "Colin Barnhorst" <colinbarharst@msn.com>
|>> |>References: <D3B1BD07-AECC-4E23-8486-FE5E98ED803B@microsoft.com>
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|>> |>It may. Darrel didn't report that he did a reformat, but if the
|>> compliance check is done and the legacy OS is not needed anymore then it
|>> should work to reformat before starting the installation. The format
tool
|>> is available when you have dvd booted. It sounds to me like it could
work
|>> out like that. The kicker is that if you are running XP MCE and want to
|>> upgrade to Vista Home Premium you will be told to start Setup from the
|>> desktop since upgrade is enabled in that scenario according to the
Upgrade
|>> Matrix on Get Ready. Weird, eh?
|>> |>"William" <woogles@charter.net> wrote in message
|>> news:%23KEaImRNHHA.4888@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
|>> |> Does this mean that, in an example, if I am running XP Pro and want
to
|>> upgrade to Vista Home Premium, if I boot with the Vista DVD, that it
will
|>> see there is a qualifying XP installed on the C: drive (lets assume
there
|>> is only one partition on the drive and no second hard drive), that Vista
|>> setup will allow me to reformat the drive and make a clean install (with
|>> nothing left from the previous XP Pro install) of Vista on that drive?
|>> |>
|>>
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