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Originally Posted by cohen
you can do that... you need to have an actual OS on there... why not just buy vista?
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Because that's $100 difference.
So, I have Windows XP Upgrade installed right now. If I buy Windows Vista Upgrade I will be able to install it.
Now if I wanted to reformat I wouldn't be able to use the Windows XP Upgrade CD when it asks for "Windows XP CD" when isntalling it fresh?
The way Windows XP Upgrade works is, you format a drive and then when you go to install it, it requests that you put in a prior windows CD and it will load stuff off of it and request that you put XP back in the system to complete the installation. Now without that Windows 98 CD I can't format and install XP.
But if I were to do the same with Vista, would it work to just put in the Windows XP Upgrade CD and have it read and install whatever it needed to install? Or would it not?