Hello, I've been reading many of the posts about upgrading 32bit XP to 64bit
Vista.

People seem to agree that the retail upgrade disk will be bootable for
troubleshooting purposes.

However, there still seems to be controversy as to whether a person can
install 64bit Vista as a bootable disc. So far, the discussion tends to
favour that it won't be possible.

Can anyone provide a once for all answer, from experience with an actual
Retail Upgrade Disc or definite knowledge from Microsoft? This would also
help others with this same question, without need to read through all the
posts.

Thanks.

Since there aren't any retail discs available anywhere yet, there is no
answer for this yet. There is, however, no controversy on the 32 bit to 64
bit path ... there is no upgrade path from 32 bit to 64 bit.

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"Grungeon" <Grungeon@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:03D286C1-5BA2-4B8B-9D27-4A67AD3F03C4@microsoft.com...
> Hello, I've been reading many of the posts about upgrading 32bit XP to
> 64bit
> Vista.
>
> People seem to agree that the retail upgrade disk will be bootable for
> troubleshooting purposes.
>
> However, there still seems to be controversy as to whether a person can
> install 64bit Vista as a bootable disc. So far, the discussion tends to
> favour that it won't be possible.
>
> Can anyone provide a once for all answer, from experience with an actual
> Retail Upgrade Disc or definite knowledge from Microsoft? This would also
> help others with this same question, without need to read through all the
> posts.
>
> Thanks.