Betatesterzz:
The XP license is rolled into the Vista upgrade license, to keep the
XP license you would need the full version of Vista. The time limit on the
Family Pack is for the purchase, since the license doesn't expire you could
install it at anytime. Have a great day.

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Dennis Pack
XP x64, Vista Enterprise x64
Office2007
"Betatesterzz" <Betatesterzz@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:FA0EA55E-8ABB-4621-9B71-1BF84CF7C960@microsoft.com...
>I ordered the Vista Ultimate upgrade and plan to get the family pack.
>
> Info: My primary system has 3 hard drives 2x74gb raptors in raid O and
> 1x400gb seagate.
>
> I plan to reinstall windows xp pro onto the primary partion of the 400gb.
> Then I plan to do a custom clean install of vista onto the Raid 0:
> raptors.
>
> Vista just makes sure you have and activated non oem copy installed into
> your system right.
>
> Then I'll set my raid are 1st boot option. When I want to boot to xp
> I'll
> just disable my raid drives and boot from the 400gb drive. I'm doing this
> because not many programs/hardware I have are fully vista compatable(or
> run
> perfectly on it yet, some are still beta drivers and not as fully
> functional
> in vista yet).
>
> My quetsion are:
>
> 1) Is this allowed?
> 2) When you use an upgarde vista dvd does it delete or make windows xp non
> functional?
> 3)Are my assumptions correct in that Vista upgrade dvd will let you do a
> custom install into another primary partion and another drive once it has
> verifed your system has windows xp installed?
>
> Family deal($50 each). 2 copies of xp home premium upgrade keys/LIS.
>
> 1)Is there time limits to when you have to install these os?
>
> Meaning I want to upgrade the videocards and processors on my other 2 xp
> systems before upgrading to vista home premium. Iam afraid that if I
> install
> these OS onto the 2 systems I'll have problems down the road when I do
> major
> upgardes.
>
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