iplant--

It's a No for using Win ME to upgrade. Checkout the Upgrade Matrix:
[url]http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20060730-7384.html[/url]

Sorry. There could be a number of reasons, but I suspect that the Vista
kernel and code wouldn't allow an upgrade from ME (Win 9X--a true Perfect
Storm from Redmond when they were out of the minds trying to hybridize 16
bit and 32 bit code and no offense, but even the MSFTies were making fun of
ME in slides at presentations the last couple years.

You need to follow one of the supported upgrade paths and retire that ME or
else put Vista on another partion from it.

CH




"Iplant" <Iplant@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:209A0757-1074-468B-B809-E71F9853B2AF@microsoft.com...[color=blue]
>I am curious to know if I can use Windows ME to upgrade to Vista Home
> Premium? The original PC it was installed on has been dead for some years
> now, but I still have a Dell and I still have the installation disk! This
> would save me a lot of money (disabled) and still allow me to preserve my
> XP
> installation.
> Also I have a complete backup copy of XP stored on my external hard drive,
> created using XP. Can I re-install XP from this copy? My thinking is to
> flatten everything on C/E (XP and Vista) which is a partitioned drive.
> Then
> put Windows ME on this largest drive of my PC and upgrade to Vista from
> there. On my smaller 2nd drive (D storage before the external drive) I
> would
> just re-install XP. I am hoping then I could dual boot or use a boot
> manager
> and have the best of both worlds until Vista has all of it's kinks worked
> out! Is there a "best" way to do this. I do recall reading here that
> the
> oldest OS should be installed first. Or would I be better hiding the
> drives
> from each other. What's the best way to hide a drive? Any ideas or
> suggestions are always appreciated since I am always willing to learn or
> try
> something new.
>
> --
> always learning[/color]