Dan

The table clearly shows that the only 'upgrade' path is with Vista
Ultimate.. all others are clean installs..

The OP problem stems from not understanding the backing up of data.. it
would appear that he made an full image of RC1 as opposed to backing up
'files and folders'..


"DanS" <t.h.i.s.n.t.h.a.t@a.d.e.l.p.h.i.a.n.e.t> wrote in message
news:Xns994455D2DDA19thisnthatadelphianet@216.196.97.142...[color=blue]
> "Peter Foldes" <okf22********.com> wrote in
> news:OWCi$RdpHHA.3880@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl:
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>>>The Windows Vista Upgrade must be the same language version as the
>>>pre-release version you are replacing.[/color]
>>
>> You did post the above which I pasted\copied .What do you think it
>> means ?? It means that the version that you need to purchase to
>> Upgrade your RC1 has to be the same version as your RC1 or higher in
>> the same language that you had as the Beta,
>>
>> Home Basic does not apply to the above since it is a lower version
>> than your RC1.
>>
>> It is in Black and White which you did not understand[/color]
>
> The sentence quoted has nothing to do with Basic, Home, Utimate, or
> Business.
>
> In black and white it says '...must be the same language version', which
> indicates it must be an English version to replace and English version,
> Spanish for Spanish, etc.
>[/color]

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