Question

When i install Windows Vista will it automatically find all the drivers and
install them???

And

I am buying the full version not upgrade...and will it just put the new
Vista on my computer right over the XP and delete my whole hard drive????

if your drivers for your dvd or cd are old..you will need new software..i had
to go out and buy a new dvd burner,with a 2007 roxia software approved for
vista..then it reconized..drive d and e..erase the hard drive,do a full
install.anything that will work with vista..it will do the driver
thing...make sure you use system restore,if everything ..turns out ok..may
save you from doing a secound install

"ryans1234" wrote:

> When i install Windows Vista will it automatically find all the drivers and
> install them???
>
> And
>
> I am buying the full version not upgrade...and will it just put the new
> Vista on my computer right over the XP and delete my whole hard drive????

ryans1234 wrote:
> When i install Windows Vista will it automatically find all the
> drivers and install them???
>
> And
>
> I am buying the full version not upgrade...and will it just put the
> new Vista on my computer right over the XP and delete my whole hard
> drive????
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Maybe the following links will be useful.

Windows Vista Upgrade Advisor
http://tinyurl.com/27pekc

Windows Vista -
Installing and reinstalling Windows
http://tinyurl.com/22et6f

Windows Vista:
Help and How-to
Hardware and drivers
http://tinyurl.com/ytka5g

Windows Vista -
Troubleshoot Windows
installation problems
http://tinyurl.com/3ca74m


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okay good cuz i dont have any of the cd's for the drivers or hardware.....and
right now with xp my computer wont even turn on (virus)

You should delete partition that XP is on and create and format a new
partition for Vista.

"ryans1234" <ryans1234@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:8DFCCB5B-47BF-4B9F-87AD-C99DBEA30CFA@microsoft.com...
> okay good cuz i dont have any of the cd's for the drivers or
> hardware.....and
> right now with xp my computer wont even turn on (virus)

Before installing Vista, download whatever Vista driver is required that
enable you to connect to the internet..


"ryans1234" <ryans1234@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:8DFCCB5B-47BF-4B9F-87AD-C99DBEA30CFA@microsoft.com...
> okay good cuz i dont have any of the cd's for the drivers or
> hardware.....and
> right now with xp my computer wont even turn on (virus)

ryans1234 wrote:
> When i install Windows Vista will it automatically find all the drivers and
> install them???
>


If those devices' manufacturers provided the drivers to Microsoft in
order to be tested and included on the installation DVD, yes.
Otherwise, no.


> And
>
> I am buying the full version not upgrade...and will it just put the new
> Vista on my computer right over the XP and delete my whole hard drive????

You can choose to perform either a clean installation or an in-place
upgrade of the current OS, provided thattwo versions involved fit one of
the supported upgrade paths. However, a hard drive is a physical device
and no software product can possibly open the computer's case and remove
it. You'd have to do that by hand.


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