"Salomon Orangge" <Salomon Orangge@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
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> Is it normal that the Windows Vista Ultimate Upgrade 32 / 64 edition
> (labelled on the box) should only have 64 bit disks? Both discs are
> labelled
> as "anytime upgrade" with another label as saying "64 bit edition only".
> ONE
> of the discs is labelled as an "Upgrade Disc".
>
> I am currently running Windows XP Pro 32 bit edition, and if I try to
> install this from windows, it errors out and tells me that only a clean
> installation is possible. When the computer is rebooted from the Vista
> disc,
> the installation process commences, then errors out after 14% saying that
> there are drivers missing so the installation is terminating.
>
> I figured this was errors on the discs, so I brought them back to the
> store
> and exchanged them, but upon opening the box I was greeted with the same
> exact discs. NO 32 bit edition even though the box is blatantly labelled
> to
> contain it.

I have the Ultimate Upgrade box with two DVD's one says it's for 32bit and
the other one says it's for 64bit.

Maybe, the store just has a bad batch of boxes and doesn't know it. You
should call MS and verify what is suppose to be in the box.