The Updgrade Disk is the 32bit upgrade disk. You probably tried the 74bit
disk which is a 64but clean install disk.

"Mr. Arnold" <MR. Arnold@Arnold.com> wrote in message
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> "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.
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> 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.
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