Re: Will Vista upgrade work if disk repartitioned?

The partition size is not measured. Restoring the VSN is a good idea, but should not be necessary.


Dave (from the UK) wrote:
Barry Watzman wrote:
You should be ok. It would be best to record the VSN's of each partition and restore them, but the PA scheme measures ten parameters, the partiton VSN's are only one of them, you are allowed to change between 3 and 6 depending on the exact situation.

Thank you. I think given what you say about being able to change from 3 and 6 parameters, I might not bother to restore the ID. It may be seen as suspicious by $MS if for example the partition size is measured too.

At the end of the day I am not trying to pirate it - simply use what I've paid for.


Dave (from the UK) wrote:

I bought a Sony laptop (SZ4XWN/C) which came with Vista Business. I repartitioned the disk, installed Debian Linux and had no problems.

I then "upgraded" Vista Business to Vista Ultimate using the Anytime Upgrade DVD supplied with the laptop. That succeeded in:

1) Stoping the camera working
2) Stoping the audio working
3) Messing up my dual-boot configuration.
4) Getting Sony to say they don't support the upgrade - even though they include the Anytime Upgrade DVD.

I've since restored the laptop back to factory defaults, which means the disk is now partitioned differently to when I purchased the upgrade. It also means it has Vista Business running, not the Ultimate for which I have purchased the upgrade

If I try the upgrade again (this time I intend loading later drivers after the upgrade, instead of before), will the product still appear to be licensed correctly? In other words, if nothing has changed on the laptop *except* the disk partitioning, will the upgrade be OK, or will I be fighting $MS to get a new code or something?




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