Hi Darrell;

If you have a computer with one hard drive formatted with only one partition with Windows 2000 installed on it and you want to upgrade to Vista, what happens during the install process. Here is the scenario that I would like to see tested.

On this computer, Windows 2000 is installed on the C: drive. This computer has only one hard drive and the hard drive has only one partition. When the computer is booted from the Upgrade Vista DVD, and having an Upgrade Product Key, does the boot sequence check to see if there is a qualifying Windows version (in this case 2000) installed? Does it then permit the user to select that hard drive as the destination for installing Vista? Does it give you the option of formatting (thereby wiping out the Windows 2000 installation) the hard drive before the Vista installation?
""Darrell Gorter[MSFT]"" <Darrellg@online.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:13OdjITNHHA.2080@TK2MSFTNGHUB02.phx.gbl...
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
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|>""Darrell Gorter[MSFT]"" <Darrellg@online.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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|>> 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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|>> |>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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