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    New laptop withupgrade cd

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by Carloscda38, Mar 21, 2007.

  1. Carloscda38

    Carloscda38 Newbie

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    I recently purchased a HP Pavillion dv6275 laptop with Vista Premium installed.
    It also had a Vista upgrade CD in the box. Now is this to ad more programs or like a bonus
    so if you have XP you can upgrade to Vista?
     
    Carloscda38, Mar 21, 2007
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  2. miner

    miner Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    I believe HP ships a Vista Anytime upgrade DVD which allows you to do an in-place upgrade to your Vista system. Basically it is only useful to upgrade(for a price) your Vista Home Premium to Business or Ultimate without having to buy another full version DVD.
     
    miner, Mar 21, 2007
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    qohelet Senior Member

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    if you have xp you can upgrade it using vista upgrade cd... but you can also used the vista upgrade cd even if you don't have xp installed...
     
    qohelet, Mar 21, 2007
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  4. Paul

    Paul Mom! Hot Pockets! NBR Reviewer

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    I believe it's probably just an XP->Vista upgrade DVD, because you can do Vista Anytime Upgrade over the net. Most files required for upgrade versions of Vista are included by default, they're just locked out by certain keys.
     
    Paul, Mar 21, 2007
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  5. frozen sun

    frozen sun Notebook Consultant

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    using that cd you can upgrade from XP to vista as mentioned or even do a clean install of vista..

    But there are some combos of XP-vista upgrade which MS wont allow.. so be careful.. go thru this before upgrading (if at all u r!)

    http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=112071
     
    frozen sun, Mar 21, 2007
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