Question about Upgrade version

I have been reading about the upgrade version of Home premium and have a
question.

Whenever i finally decide on what Im going to get and I install a new OS
(Vista), I dont want any reminants of XP still around, I want a 100% fresh
clean install. I understand that I can pop in the "Upgrade" disc in a PC that
has XP on it, chose "custom" install and preform my clean install.


My question is: When I buy Vista Im also going to replace my hard drive, it
is 3ish years old and now would be a good time to do it. With a new hard
drive will I have to install XP first then install Vista, or is there a way I
can go straight to the Vista upgrade disc and work it from there?

Hi tsonka,

If you follow the instructions in my post 'Clean Install Windows Vista Using
Upgrade Media', also in this newsgroup (dated 9/21/2007), you can install
Vista without having any remnants of a previous operating system on your
machine.
Dwarf

http://www.microsoft.com/communities...9-5eb74dcf2be7

"tsonka" wrote:

> I have been reading about the upgrade version of Home premium and have a
> question.
>
> Whenever i finally decide on what Im going to get and I install a new OS
> (Vista), I dont want any reminants of XP still around, I want a 100% fresh
> clean install. I understand that I can pop in the "Upgrade" disc in a PC that
> has XP on it, chose "custom" install and preform my clean install.
>
>
> My question is: When I buy Vista Im also going to replace my hard drive, it
> is 3ish years old and now would be a good time to do it. With a new hard
> drive will I have to install XP first then install Vista, or is there a way I
> can go straight to the Vista upgrade disc and work it from there?

No. You can do a clean install with the upgrade. You install it twice. First
time do enter product key, second time enter product key. I bought the retail
full version
so I do not have to mess with that. I have the full version of Ultimate to
and the support is fantastic. My DVDs wre cracking and Microsoft replaced
them with a new product key for free. They did not even charge me for
shipping. Home Premium replacement DVD is $23.00 plus shipping.

"tsonka" wrote:

> I have been reading about the upgrade version of Home premium and have a
> question.
>
> Whenever i finally decide on what Im going to get and I install a new OS
> (Vista), I dont want any reminants of XP still around, I want a 100% fresh
> clean install. I understand that I can pop in the "Upgrade" disc in a PC that
> has XP on it, chose "custom" install and preform my clean install.
>
>
> My question is: When I buy Vista Im also going to replace my hard drive, it
> is 3ish years old and now would be a good time to do it. With a new hard
> drive will I have to install XP first then install Vista, or is there a way I
> can go straight to the Vista upgrade disc and work it from there?

It should read first time do not enter product key

"Noel" wrote:

> No. You can do a clean install with the upgrade. You install it twice. First
> time do enter product key, second time enter product key. I bought the retail
> full version
> so I do not have to mess with that. I have the full version of Ultimate to
> and the support is fantastic. My DVDs wre cracking and Microsoft replaced
> them with a new product key for free. They did not even charge me for
> shipping. Home Premium replacement DVD is $23.00 plus shipping.
>
> "tsonka" wrote:
>
> > I have been reading about the upgrade version of Home premium and have a
> > question.
> >
> > Whenever i finally decide on what Im going to get and I install a new OS
> > (Vista), I dont want any reminants of XP still around, I want a 100% fresh
> > clean install. I understand that I can pop in the "Upgrade" disc in a PC that
> > has XP on it, chose "custom" install and preform my clean install.
> >
> >
> > My question is: When I buy Vista Im also going to replace my hard drive, it
> > is 3ish years old and now would be a good time to do it. With a new hard
> > drive will I have to install XP first then install Vista, or is there a way I
> > can go straight to the Vista upgrade disc and work it from there?