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Upgrade from XP Home to Vista Home Premium
... you install Windows Vista http://support.microsoft.com/kb/933168/en-us Otherwise: After backing up any data you wish to transfer to the new OS installation, simply boot from the WinXP installation CD. You'll be offered the opportunity to delete, create, and format partitions as part of the installation process.

Successful install of XP after Vista
When you install linux it will make a Linux partition out of that empty space and format it as EXT2(3). On to that partition will go the Linux files. After these then my freespace that will later become the Linux install. I'll let you think about this and see if you can see the advantages of a strategy like

Is the PixelView card truly a video capture card?
MadHatter dana.harri...@gmail.com windows-vista Hey there, as KCJT2005 said you just need to install Vista on another partition, not another hard drive. Unfortunately for now, you may have to format your computer. What I would first do is delete the C:\ partition you've installed your OS's on,

Ie7 cannot connect to net, but firefox can, Regeistry Problem
A number of suggestions were made as to workarounds, and the last one left for me to try was to install Vista on the hard drive in IDE mode (which is the only way I can do it), then 'clone' this installation onto a RAID array (using Acronis TrueImage or Norton Ghost) after which all should be well.

Installing Vista on SATA drive
On this box, I have the luxury to format and start the Win Vista install from total clean system. Same as above, the same Bios Setting. The Vista install So, I disabled the SATA port in BIOS and install went smooth. After installation, re-enabled SATA port, and Vista stops during boot, no BSOD, just stops.

Report on Vista.
Anyways, any tips from those of you that have set up a dual boot between Vista and XP would be greatly appreciated. I just put in my new hard drive I got for Vista. Booted with the Vista DVD and told it to format and install on the new hard drive. After awhile it was all done. Vista took care of everything.

How to undo failed install
After entering the Product Key I was told I needed to install form the operating system. So, I restarted and ran setup from my existing Vista install. I got to the 'Where do you want to install Windows' there was no selection at the bottom of the screen for Drive options to allow me to format.

Vista Installation Fails After First Reboot
Tom T...@discussions.microsoft.com microsoft public windowsupdate Well I have gay vista 32-bit. My problem is that after I download my updates, So I turn off the comp manually and when I get back on its says " windows could not install the updates or failed to install updates", it does not give a error mesage

Blank Screen, Vista Bootup stops.
"rob^_^" wrote: Hi jah, The reset button is the best you can do with Vista IE7, short of either a system restore or a disk format and re-install. Here is how you remove the registry entry I have tried to redownload Ie7, but since its integrated into vista Microsoft does not have a vista version to download.

New Build
If I format that drive I am afraid I will not be able to boot into Windows Vista. Very sure this will happen actually as I removed the 1st drive as a test and Windows Vista refused to boot (No NTLOADER found). How do I create a new NTLOADER on my Windows Vista Ultimate x64 installation and point the computer to go

Dual boot - remove one OS.
So if I understand you right with the system partition, using the Vista install, I need to create/format a primary partition (30-80GB depending on which discussion Vista's Disk Management can handle any further partition creation chores after Vista is up and running. Note a change from prior versions of DM: The

VISTA HOME BASIC INSTALL DVD FOR AN 8 PC NETWORK SETUP
Mark L. Ferguson MarkLFergu...@discussions.microsoft.com microsoft public windows vista general IMG and ISO are the same format. Also, I attempted to install the Windows AIK , I downloaded the 992mb img file from that link, but there is no program on my PC that will allow me to do anything with that img file.

The joys of Vista... yeah right....... !!
CZ C...@no99spam.com microsoft public windows vista general boy do you believe in doing things the hard way. so much easier to boot xp first and prep the hard drive. create partitions format and such. install XP, then install vista. proper dual boot set up for you during the vista install. Mike: There have been posts

Vista install changed drive order....any idea ?
If not, let us know if a new install is the only way to fix the issue. Thanks for your support on this issue. John ""Darrell Gorter[MSFT]"" wrote: Hello, rebooting after this week's updates - "Configurin Date: Sun, 17 Feb 2008 03:05:15 -0500 Lines: 41 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed;

Look, Erik! KDE3.5 runs fine in just 128MB of RAM!
mikeyhsd mikey...@sprintpcs.com microsoft public windows vista installation_setup if you install booting from the DVD, vista STEALS the "C" designation. if you install from within a running system vista takes the drive letter as expected. you could format the partition/drive and from a running XP insetrt the vista

VISTA PREM BACK TO XP
Conditions for this bug to appear: I've installed Windows Vista (final release) Ultimate, and after seeing that my graphics card wasn't so optimized like the As in 'delete partitions, create new partitions with XP, format these partitions, install WIndows XP onto these partitions, update Windows XP, install all

Vista constantly rebooting after this week's updates - "Config
... drive. create partitions format and such. install XP, then install vista. proper dual boot set up for you during the vista install. mikey...@sport.rr.com "CZ" FYI These are the steps I used to successfully install XP after Vista RTM. Disk was clean (no partritions) Boot via Vista DVD Create C: Install Vista

Installing Vista Home Premium and Format
Next, you choose the partition to which to install Windows Vista. If you need to format the disk, select the Drive options (advanced) option to do so and If everything goes well, and you're running fairly modern hardware, you should hit the Welcome screen and, after logging on, the new Vista desktop less than

Easy Vista Install and Config
CHORUS: You just format the drive , Clive Get a New Mac , Jack Y'don't need that crap toy, Roy Just get yourself free Boot from a *nix, Jix You don't need to discuss much Install XP, Lee And get yourself free "New Vista User" <Vi...@example.com> wrote in message news:47bf19d1$0$4041$bbae4d71@news.suddenlink.net.

Blue screen of death during Vista install
If it were my own system, I'd boot the Vista x64 disk, delete current partitions, create new partition, format drive, install OS fresh. If the system and OS don't work right on First Boot (well, intall the motherboard drivers), then there is an issue with hardware that must be sorted. After it installs and boots,