You can "see" what you "want to see". But the bottom line is that you will
not be doing an "in-place" upgrade from XP Pro to Vista Home<anything>.
Period.

-Frank

"Rod" <Rod@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:BDF0F06B-6EDB-46F4-BA25-8BF2DBDDBDDE@microsoft.com...[color=blue]
> Ah, but now I read in March 2007 Australian PC USer Magazine that a
> "Clean"
> install is done from WITHIN the Windows XP Desktop, in an INSTALL WINDOWS
> SETUP OPTIONS box that includes Upgrade as an Option. So I dont actually
> have
> to reformat my HDD at the beginning (dos) and boot into the DVDrive. It's
> done from a setup window when I am already in Windows XP....???
>
> ..but it goes on to say "Note that if you're performing a true clean
> install, having booted from the DVD, at this point you should click the
> Drive
> Options link and then click to Format..." IF YOU'RE PERFORMING A TRUE
> CLEAN INSTALL ????? You can fudge that????
>
> And what is Microsofts rationalle in having Media Player/DVD Burning in
> Vista Premium and NOT being able to get that as an upgrade from XP Pro??
>
> Rgds n tks
>
> "Frankster" wrote:
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>> You are 100 percent right on every count. You're gonna have to deal with
>> it.
>>
>> -Frank
>>
>> "Rod" <Rod@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:B054F30A-A24C-46D7-8CB8-35E15CCC5EE7@microsoft.com...[color=darkred]
>> >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
>> >[/color]
>>
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