pete wrote:[color=blue]
> [url]http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/windowsvista/buyorupgrade/upgradepaths.mspx[/url]
>
>
> You could try actually deleting the XP pro installation and files under
> Documents and settings as well as all of the XP boot files
> If there was almost nothing left of XP pro Vista just might install
> properly into the "old" XP Pro
> directory...............................................Seeing as Vista
> needs to boot from the CD anyways.
> peter
> "Rod" <Rod@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:B054F30A-A24C-46D7-8CB8-35E15CCC5EE7@microsoft.com...[color=green]
>> 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
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I am not sure what you are suggesting, but it sounds dangerous or wrong.

He will just have to do a backup of some sort of all of his data and
then do a clean install.