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    Question about Vista Ultimate Upgrade that comes with M1730 with Windows XP

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by tsuzukab, Jul 25, 2008.

  1. tsuzukab

    tsuzukab Notebook Guru

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    Is it just an upgrade disc? Or can you use it to reformat and load the OS directly from scratch into Visat Ultimate?

    Would like to hear from anybody that actually got theirs like this and then used the Vista disc.
     
    tsuzukab, Jul 25, 2008
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    Greg Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    You will have the option to upgrade or do a fresh installation. The main difference between this DVD you are getting, and the ones you can purchase at stores...is that the disc will check to see if Windows XP or some other Windows OS is currently installed on the hard drive.
     
    Greg, Jul 25, 2008
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    tsuzukab Notebook Guru

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    Thanks for the info........One other question I forgot to ask........If I have this Ultimate Upgrade disc......will Dell still be required to send me the 64-bit version if I ask?
     
    tsuzukab, Jul 25, 2008
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    paper_wastage Beat this 7x7x7 Cube

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    [hint: for the Vista UPGRADE disc... it requires an existing OS(like XP or a lower-veresion of Vista)....OR:

    just install Vista using the upgrade CD WITHOUT the cd key.... then 'upgrade' Vista(which means install again) and activate using the key.....)

    but the DVD that dell gives u is a full version, and the key under ur laptop is a full key

    and if u have a vista ultimate, call dell for a x64.. they will give u
     
    paper_wastage, Jul 25, 2008
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