upgrade my notebook to Vista

I have a Toshiba notebook that is Vista "compatible" (I've run the
advisor).

I only have the recovery disc.

Will the existing system qualify for upgrading, or will I have to have
a disc?

My thinking is that I'll be fine without the disc.

"Vista Noob" <> wrote in message
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> I have a Toshiba notebook that is Vista "compatible" (I've run the
> advisor).
>
> I only have the recovery disc.
>
> Will the existing system qualify for upgrading, or will I have to have
> a disc?
>
> My thinking is that I'll be fine without the disc.
>


You can run the upgrade from within the OS itself and it should work

Caution: Just because a machine is Vista compatable does not necessarily
mean
Vista will run well.

Your choice though

I had a core duo Vista laptop with Vista Home Premium (it now has XP Pro),
my advice, don't mess with a working XP system.
ONLY if you must get new hardware should you downgrade to Vista.

--
A Professional Amateur...If anyone knew it all, none of would be here!

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"Vista Noob" <> wrote in message
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>I have a Toshiba notebook that is Vista "compatible" (I've run the
> advisor).
>
> I only have the recovery disc.
>
> Will the existing system qualify for upgrading, or will I have to have
> a disc?
>
> My thinking is that I'll be fine without the disc.
>

On Apr 15, 4:49*pm, "philo" <ph...@privacy.net> wrote:

> > Will the existing system qualify for upgrading, or will I have to have
> > a disc?
>
> > My thinking is that I'll be fine without the disc.
>
> You can run the upgrade from within the OS itself and it should work
>
> Caution: Just because a machine is Vista compatable does not necessarily
> mean Vista will run well.

I know that. My notebook is my backup machine... and so many of my
friends now have Vista machines that I'm not able to help them without
having a Vista machine to work from while I help (over the phone).

I have a True Image backup, in case things go awry.

On Apr 15, 5:34*pm, "Not Me" <cargodZero...@hotmail.com> wrote:

> I had a core duo Vista laptop with Vista Home Premium (it now has XP Pro),
> my advice, don't mess with a working XP system.
> ONLY if you must get new hardware should you downgrade to Vista.

I'm only gonna put Home Basic on it. Don't need all the visual fluff
that comes with other versions, and don't wanna buy a bag full of RAM
chips to make it work properly..

Vista Noob wrote:
> On Apr 15, 4:49 pm, "philo" <ph...@privacy.net> wrote:
>
>>> Will the existing system qualify for upgrading, or will I have to have
>>> a disc?
>>> My thinking is that I'll be fine without the disc.
>> You can run the upgrade from within the OS itself and it should work
>>
>> Caution: Just because a machine is Vista compatable does not necessarily
>> mean Vista will run well.
>
> I know that. My notebook is my backup machine... and so many of my
> friends now have Vista machines that I'm not able to help them without
> having a Vista machine to work from while I help (over the phone).
>
> I have a True Image backup, in case things go awry.

If your primary machine has enough juice... RAM, HD, etc... you might
consider running Vista in a virtual machine. Yes, you would have to buy
a full install copy of Vista, but then you could leave your laptop alone
and not have to worry about whether it would run Vista acceptably.

Lang

On Apr 16, 1:28*am, Lang Murphy <langm...@bellsouth.net> wrote:

> If your primary machine has enough juice... RAM, HD, etc... you might
> consider running Vista in a virtual machine. Yes, you would have to buy
> a full install copy of Vista, but then you could leave your laptop alone
> and not have to worry about whether it would run Vista acceptably.

That's something to think about. It's definitely got "enough juice".

Strongly advise you not to upgrade on a Toshiba laptop.

More than half the people I talk to that use Vista tell me it is NOT an
upgrade from XP, it's just a PITA.
But if you NEED something Vista actually offers that is not available in XP,
go for it.
Good Luck.

"Vista Noob" <> wrote in message
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On Apr 15, 5:34 pm, "Not Me" <cargodZero...@hotmail.com> wrote:

> I had a core duo Vista laptop with Vista Home Premium (it now has XP Pro),
> my advice, don't mess with a working XP system.
> ONLY if you must get new hardware should you downgrade to Vista.

I'm only gonna put Home Basic on it. Don't need all the visual fluff
that comes with other versions, and don't wanna buy a bag full of RAM
chips to make it work properly..

"Vista Noob" <> wrote in message
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On Apr 16, 1:28 am, Lang Murphy <langm...@bellsouth.net> wrote:

> If your primary machine has enough juice... RAM, HD, etc... you might
> consider running Vista in a virtual machine. Yes, you would have to buy
> a full install copy of Vista, but then you could leave your laptop alone
> and not have to worry about whether it would run Vista acceptably.

>That's something to think about. It's definitely got "enough juice".

But you haven't run Vista yet. Don't be so sure.