Thanks Chad...it is off...and I was happy to let it go as well! I was just
curious and looking for a way to get Vista sooner rather than later!
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always learning


"Chad Harris" wrote:
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> 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
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> "Iplant" <Iplant@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:209A0757-1074-468B-B809-E71F9853B2AF@microsoft.com...[color=green]
> >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]
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