Re: Dell's Vista Premium ordered!

Thank You Tom, that will be perfect since the you can't get any cleaner then
a brand new hard disk which should arrive around the same time as the Vista
DVD. I much rather install Vista ontop of Vista then over XP, just sounds
like a better, cleaner way to go.

"Tom Scales" <tjscales@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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The problem, though, isn't that XP isn't installed on the new disk. It is
that Vista doesn't see the OLD disk. It has to know you want to boot two
operating systems for it to built the boot menu.

As for a clean install, the work around, from what I have read, is to
install Vista on a clean drive but NOT give it a product key. This
installs it in test mode.

Then reinstall Vista on top of itself, giving it your product key. Vista
sees an installed copy of Vista and installs properly.

Weird, huh
"Paul" <captpt@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I hear what your saying Barry, I think the smart thing would be to install
XP first since I may run into license or other problems later if not done
correctly, since it is being offered as a upgrade from Dell's OEM XP Pro
there may be some hidden traps to stop illegal use of the software. No
problem, it will probably just take a little longer to install.. Like you
said it certainly was an offer that couldn't be refused, just the $10
shipping, I must admit it was a very nice gesture for Dell to offer it for
free before it was even released!

"Barry Watzman" <WatzmanNOSPAM@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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The real answer to your question is that most of us (me, certainly)
don't know.

The nature of the upgrade DVD that you will receive isn't clear, except
possibly to another customer who has already received it. It's not OEM
media, it's not a retail full product media, and it's probably not a
retail upgrade media either (although it might be). Since we don't know
the nature of the media and what requirements it imposes on
installation, we (or at least I) can't absolutely answer your questions.

However, the one thing that we do know for a fact is that it can be
installed on the hard drive currently in the machine (which has Dell's
XP on it and running). Therefore, you MIGHT find it necessary to first
install XP on the new drive, and then (now having two drives with XP
installed on both of them) upgrade one of them to Vista. There may
indeed be another way of doing this, but until you actually get the
media in your hands, there's no way to be sure.

In any case, however, whether you like it or not, whether you use it or
not, getting the upgrade was the right thing to do. It was free
(perhaps with a shipping charge), and had you not gotten it, it would
have cost you more (a LOT more) later. And in the extreme worst case,
down the road, it may at least increase the resale value of the laptop
when you go to sell it.


Paul wrote:
So I have to install XP Pro which came with my computer orginally onto
the new drive before installing Vista Premium? Will this impede
Vista's performance, always thought a clean install of a Operating
System was the best way to go.

"Tom Scales" <tjscales@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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"Paul" <captpt@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I bought my Dell in January and it was eligible for Dell's Upgrade to
Windows Vista Premium, with the deadline coming fast I just ordered
it. What I would like to do is install Vista Premium on my new Dell
but on a separate hard drive to see if all my programs work ok with
Vista. If all goes well then I will just plug in the original hard
drive as a secondary hard drive and copy and paste all my pictures,
docs, music, bookmarks and so on over to the Vista hard drive then
once finished format the original/secondary and use it purely as a
back-up drive... I did a search here and see someone else has the
same idea but wants to do it with a dual boot setup, I rather just do
a clean install of Vista premium on what will be the main "C:" drive
with the XP/original drive disconnected only reconnecting the XP
drive as the secondary after Vista is fully installed on the main
drive. Has anyone tried this?

You'll need a 3rd party boot menu to do it, I believe. Vista will only
setup a boot menu if it sees the other operating system at install
time.









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