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09-19-2007, 02:33 AM
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| Replacing Hard Drive I upgraded from Win XP to Win Vista Home Premium. My hard drive crashed and I have to replace with a new one. Do I have to load Win XP and then do the upgrade to Vista or can I just load Vista to the new drive?      |
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09-19-2007, 02:33 AM
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| Re: Replacing Hard Drive Despite what Carey would have you believe, you do not have to install XP to install your vista upgrade. [url]http://www.winsupersite.com/showcase/winvista_upgrade_clean.asp[/url] -- ---- Crosspost, do not multipost [url]http://www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/mul_crss.htm[/url] How to ask a question [url]http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375[/url] How to Post [url]http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm[/url] _________________________________________________________________________________ "Jake1" <Jake1@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:0C522B73-BFAA-4783-99A4-B3E028DD35A5@microsoft.com...[color=blue] >I upgraded from Win XP to Win Vista Home Premium. My hard drive crashed >and > I have to replace with a new one. Do I have to load Win XP and then do > the > upgrade to Vista or can I just load Vista to the new drive? >[/color] |
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09-19-2007, 02:33 AM
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| Re: Replacing Hard Drive If you have the "upgrade version" of Windows Vista, then you must install Windows XP, then begin the upgrade process to Windows Vista while at the Windows XP desktop. -- Carey Frisch Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User -------------------------------------------------------------------- "Jake1" wrote: I upgraded from Win XP to Win Vista Home Premium. My hard drive crashed and I have to replace with a new one. Do I have to load Win XP and then do the upgrade to Vista or can I just load Vista to the new drive? |
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09-19-2007, 02:33 AM
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| Re: Replacing Hard Drive Despite what Carey would have you believe, you do not have to install XP to install your vista upgrade. [url]http://www.winsupersite.com/showcase/winvista_upgrade_clean.asp[/url] -- ---- Crosspost, do not multipost [url]http://www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/mul_crss.htm[/url] How to ask a question [url]http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375[/url] How to Post [url]http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm[/url] _________________________________________________________________________________ "Jake1" <Jake1@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:0C522B73-BFAA-4783-99A4-B3E028DD35A5@microsoft.com...[color=blue] >I upgraded from Win XP to Win Vista Home Premium. My hard drive crashed >and > I have to replace with a new one. Do I have to load Win XP and then do > the > upgrade to Vista or can I just load Vista to the new drive? >[/color] |
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09-19-2007, 02:33 AM
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| Re: Replacing Hard Drive If you have the "upgrade version" of Windows Vista, then you must install Windows XP, then begin the upgrade process to Windows Vista while at the Windows XP desktop. -- Carey Frisch Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User -------------------------------------------------------------------- "Jake1" wrote: I upgraded from Win XP to Win Vista Home Premium. My hard drive crashed and I have to replace with a new one. Do I have to load Win XP and then do the upgrade to Vista or can I just load Vista to the new drive? |
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