I have a PC that I have had for several years. It runs a copy of XP Pro SP2
and is "Vista" ready in terms of HDD, RAM, Processor and Graphics card.

I was ready to go out and get a copy of Home Premium Upgrade, as it has the
features I want, and just read I would have to do a clean install. This is
essentially a reformat of HDD and start from scratch, right? That's wacky. I
want to UPGRADE.

I don't want the extra expense of getting Vista Ultimate as it has bells and
whistles I dont want, but that seems to be the only way I can UPGRADE and get
Media Player/DVD Burning functionality built-in....

....AM I reading this right? An UPGRADE from XP Pro to Vista Home Premium is
really a rebuid of my PC??????

Rgds