Yes, the Upgrade version of Vista should provide you the option of searching
additional partitions in the system for a qualifying version of Windows.
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Andre
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My Vista Quickstart Guide:
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"MFriedlander" <MFriedlander@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> My 64 bit Averatec notebook came with Windows XP home preinstalled.
> Instead
> of providing installation media, Averatec relies instead on Phoenix
> software
> in a hidden partition to reinstall Windows XP if needed. They don't even
> sell installation media for the notebook. I would like to perform a clean
> install of Vista while still taking advantage of the upgrade pricing.
> However, in the past, Windows upgrades I have performed have required the
> insertion of previous version installation media to verify the users
> rights
> to use an upgrade version. Can I perform a clean Vista upgrade without
> having installation media from the prior version of Windows?
>
> Thanks[/color]