Upgrading to Vista from XP

Hi,
I wanted to upgrade my Dell Latitude D610 to Vista. I clicked on Upgrade
and the software told me that I could not; my computer would not allow the
upgrade and that I must install Vista as a new operating system, resulting,
of course, in the loss of all files and applications. Does anybody know a
solution to this? Thanks in advance.
--
Jack

Boot to your Windows XP desktop, insert the Windows Vista
upgrade DVD in your DVD drive, then select the "upgrade"
installation option.

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"MGSPROF" <> wrote in message
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Hi,
I wanted to upgrade my Dell Latitude D610 to Vista. I clicked on Upgrade
and the software told me that I could not; my computer would not allow the
upgrade and that I must install Vista as a new operating system, resulting,
of course, in the loss of all files and applications. Does anybody know a
solution to this? Thanks in advance.
--
Jack

MGSPROF wrote:
> Hi,
> I wanted to upgrade my Dell Latitude D610 to Vista. I clicked on Upgrade
> and the software told me that I could not; my computer would not allow the
> upgrade and that I must install Vista as a new operating system, resulting,
> of course, in the loss of all files and applications. Does anybody know a
> solution to this? Thanks in advance.


Provided that you're following an authorized upgrade path
(http://www.microsoft.com/windows/pro...radepaths.mspx),
and have the appropriate Vista installation media (retail licenses; OEM
media *cannot* perform in-place upgrades), simply insert the Vista
Upgrade DVD and follow the on-screen instructions. (If you have
Autoplay disabled, you may need to browse to the DVD and run Setup.exe.)



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"MGSPROF" <> wrote in message
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> Hi,
> I wanted to upgrade my Dell Latitude D610 to Vista. I clicked on Upgrade
> and the software told me that I could not; my computer would not allow the
> upgrade and that I must install Vista as a new operating system,
> resulting,
> of course, in the loss of all files and applications. Does anybody know a
> solution to this? Thanks in advance.


Did it say why? Maybe low hard disk, an app that was interfering?