"Julien321" <Julien321@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote
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> "Rock" wrote:
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>> "Julien321" <Julien321@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote
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>> > Bought Premium but need the full HD backup of Ultimate. Will be
>> > building
>> > a
>> > new system in about 6 months so don't want to waste $160 on this one.
>> > If
>> > I
>> > upgrade to Ultimate now can I switch Ultimate to the new computer? If
>> > so
>> > can
>> > I go from Ultimate 32bit to Ultimate 64bit?[/color]
>>
>> What version of premium? Retail or OEM? Retail can be transferred to a
>> new
>> computer. The Ultimate upgrade is retail so that can be moved but if the
>> Vista Home Premium is OEM, it's tied by the license agreement to the
>> first
>> computer on which it's installed and can't be moved, so you'd need a
>> different qualifying OS to use the Ultimate upgrade on the new computer.
>>
>> That aside, Ultimate, either upgrade or full retail. comes with both the
>> x86
>> and x64 DVDs. Either one can be installed with the same product key but
>> you
>> cannot have both installed at the same time.
>>
>> If x86 Vista is installed you can then install x64 version, using the
>> upgrade product key but it cannot be done as an in place upgrade, only a
>> custom install. The upgrade is started by booting the DVD, it checks
>> that
>> there is a qualifying OS installed, then offers the custom installation
>> option. No data or programs are migrated. The old installation is
>> wrapped
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>> I have Premium upgrade retail (not OEM) installed over XP on a 32 bit
>> Pentium 4. I plan on building a new 64 bit (Quad) Core Duo in about 6
>> months and selling my old MB, VC, HD, and... as parts. I would like to
>> do the following:[/color]
>
> 1. Upgrade from 32 bit Premium retail (not OEM) to 32 bit Ultimate now
> (on-line through current Premium DVD's upgrade to Ultimate plan).[/color]

I'm not sure what this "Premium DVD's upgrade to Ultimate plan" is. Do you
mean the Anytime upgrade? If so you should think twice about that. There
are some restrictions on the Anytime Upgrade license that don't exist on the
regular upgrade license. I believe you can only transfer it to a new device
once, whereas the retail upgrade can be moved as many times as you want as
long as it's only on one device at at time.

It would be better I think to shop for the lowest price you can get for an
ultimate upgrade. In that box will be the DVDs for both x86 and x64.
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> 2. In the mean time acquire a Ultimate 64 bit DVD for the new computer (do
> I
> need to and how do I do that?) so I'm ready.[/color]

See above.
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> 3. In about 6 months backup HD to USB, un-install (how do you do this)
> Ultimate 32 bit, and take apart system.[/color]

Sure backup the data and even better use a drive imaging system such as
Acronis True Image Home v. 10 to image the old system, but also use Windows
Easy Transfer (WET) to save data and settings on the USB drive, then after
Vista is reinstalled and the apps installed use WET to bring back the data
and settings.

To uninstall an OS you format the drive. Any one of a number of ways to do
that.
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> 4. Build new Core Duo and install complete USB backup and then upgrade
> Ultimate 32 bit to Ultimate 64 bit.[/color]

When you say "install complete USB backup" do you mean restore an image?
I'm not sure if you will be able to restore an image of Vista to a new drive
on a system with a new board and CPU, and have it boot. You might have to
start the installation process / upgrade over.

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Rock [MS-MVP User/Shell]