Warp2Search.net » News » January 2007 » Microsoft Confirms Vista Upgrade Limitations

With a support note quietly posted to its Web site, Microsoft confirmed what enthusiasts have long feared: Users who purchase Upgrade versions of Windows Vista will not be able to perform clean installs of the operating system. Instead, they will need to first install their previous OS and then upgrade in-place to Vista. Read on at WinItPro Update: Warp2Search User Cuke2u reports that there is a workaround to install an Update Version of Vista clean and smooth:




HI, actually there is a way around this if you still have a qualifying OS. What you do is clean install of vista without using a CD Key and unticking 'activate immediately'. Then you can perform an upgrade to vista as per normal and choose clean install...
We can not confirm this hint, leave a comment if you know more.

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cuke2u Unregistered

#65875 Posted on: 01/29/2007 09:26 PM HI, actually there is a way around this if you still have a qualifying OS. What you do is clean install of vista without using a CD Key and unticking 'activate immediately'. Then you can perform an upgrade to vista as per normal and choose clean install...

NT Unregistered

#65876 Posted on: 01/29/2007 09:35 PM is this for shure ?

manofmilk Junior Member Posts: 1 Joined: 2005-08-04

#65877 Posted on: 01/29/2007 10:15 PM I think is what he meant, is that there is no way to "boot from the CD" to do a fresh install. (example new hard drive). You of course can do a "clean" install or "upgrade" off the media, however, if you have *NO* current operating system, the rumor is that you can't put in your Upgrade Disk and boot off it and install.

manofmilk Junior Member Posts: 1 Joined: 2005-08-04

#65878 Posted on: 01/29/2007 10:16 PM I think is what he meant, is that there is no way to "boot from the CD" to do a fresh install. (example new hard drive). You of course can do a "clean" install or "upgrade" off the media, however, if you have *NO* current operating system, the rumor is that you can't put in your Upgrade Disk and boot off it and install.

Domingo Unregistered

#65879 Posted on: 01/30/2007 12:13 AM There were some posts on the Hardforums about this and I guess there are work-arounds, but they involve slipstreaming to make a new disk. On the plus side, I guess the upgrade function more or less wipes the previous OS install and dumps all of the system files into a directory you can delete. It's not the best, but it's something. The only catch is you'd still have to go through and wipe all of the useless XP stuff the OS puts on there by default.

cuke2u Unregistered

#65883 Posted on: 01/30/2007 10:17 AM Hi, yesterday I performed this method on my media pc. It was on a unpartitoned hard drive, thus it had no OS on it. I was able to perform a clean install using the method I described above and have now activated my vista. The result is that I have a clean install of the vista upgrade dvd.... Chris

cuke2u Unregistered

#65884 Posted on: 01/30/2007 10:19 AM Hi, yesterday I performed this method on my media pc. It was on a unpartitoned hard drive, thus it had no OS on it. I was able to perform a clean install using the method I described above, then perform a upgrade to that install. I have now activated my vista, the result being that I have a clean install of the vista upgrade dvd.... Chris

cuke2u Unregistered

#65885 Posted on: 01/30/2007 10:35 AM Hi, excuse the duplication, I'm just trying to clarify that you can perform a clean install... Chris

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