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    upgrade or full Vista Installation

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by Dio, Jan 18, 2007.

  1. Dio

    Dio Notebook Evangelist

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    Is there really any advantage or disadvantages between doing an upgarde or full install?


    the reason I ask is the huge difference between cost of OEM,Upgardes, and full installation versions of Vista.

    thanks for any response in advance.
     
    Dio, Jan 18, 2007
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  2. Bog

    Bog Losing it...

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    When I tried Vista, I did a clean install on a separate partition. It seems to be general knowledge that Vista doesn't upgrade very well as the process has bugs and such.
     
    Bog, Jan 18, 2007
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  3. fabarati

    fabarati Frorum Obfuscator

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    It's best to do a clean install. But even if you have an upgrade-dvd, you can still do a clean install with the help of your win xp cd.
     
    fabarati, Jan 18, 2007
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  4. E.B.E.

    E.B.E. NBR Procrastinator

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    To my knowledge, Windows "upgrade" kits are standalone kits that are only legitimate in combination with a license of the original product. They might, or might not, request the serial number of (or the insertion of the actual disk of) the original product during installation. So there's no reason for which you can't do a clean install using a Vista kit bought as an "upgrade".

    And therefore, buying a full Vista license when you already own a WinXP license would mean you lose money for nothing. :)

    That being said, I would never ever "upgrade" a Windows version to another, that can only lead to trouble, with almost no possible real gain.

    But I might be wrong...
     
    E.B.E., Jan 18, 2007
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