Installing upgrade

Do you have to have XP fully installed on your computer before to install
upgrade Vista? Can you in install Vista on a blank Hard Drive and then when
Vista asks for XP just put your XP CD in and then continue with Vista. That
way you don't have to over lay Vista with XP which is just more garbage on
your computer.

http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/68...ade-vista.html

Have a read of Shaun's advice.

"Richard" wrote:

> Do you have to have XP fully installed on your computer before to install
> upgrade Vista? Can you in install Vista on a blank Hard Drive and then when
> Vista asks for XP just put your XP CD in and then continue with Vista. That
> way you don't have to over lay Vista with XP which is just more garbage on
> your computer.
>

Vista requires a previous installation and will not ask for a previous disk.
You can install Vista twice instead of installing XP once then Vista after.
You can find the Vista only method mentioned by various web sites on the
Internet with step by step instructions.

"Richard" <> wrote in message
news:6172A288-2169-4601-81DC-...
> Do you have to have XP fully installed on your computer before to install
> upgrade Vista? Can you in install Vista on a blank Hard Drive and then
> when Vista asks for XP just put your XP CD in and then continue with
> Vista. That way you don't have to over lay Vista with XP which is just
> more garbage on your computer.

Hi Richard,

If you follow the instructions in my post 'Clean Install Windows Vista Using
Upgrade Media' in the newsgroup 'Windows Vista Installation and Setup',
(dated 9/21/2007), you should be able to solve your problem.
Dwarf

http://www.microsoft.com/communities...9-5eb74dcf2be7


"Richard" wrote:

> Do you have to have XP fully installed on your computer before to install
> upgrade Vista? Can you in install Vista on a blank Hard Drive and then when
> Vista asks for XP just put your XP CD in and then continue with Vista. That
> way you don't have to over lay Vista with XP which is just more garbage on
> your computer.
>