(Msg. 1) Posted: Sun Aug 24, 2008 11:12 am
Post subject: Clean Installation Archived from groups: microsoft>public>windows>vista>installation_setup (more info?)
Hi
Sorry to double post but this might be the better forum
Just updated from XP Pro to Ultimate, I thought that when I booted from the
Vista disk it would do the same as XP, that is I could format the drive and
the install on a clean drive, but it just installed and kept my XP in
windows.old.
I have deleted windows.old as it was using to much space, as there does not
seem to be a format in Vista whats the best way to format then install
Vista, do I boot off my XP disk and format then take it out and boot from
Vista or is there a better way
(Msg. 2) Posted: Sun Aug 24, 2008 11:12 am
Post subject: Re: Clean Installation [Login to view extended thread Info.] Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)
Dajan wrote:
> Hi
> Sorry to double post but this might be the better forum
>
> Just updated from XP Pro to Ultimate, I thought that when I booted from
> the Vista disk it would do the same as XP, that is I could format the
> drive and the install on a clean drive, but it just installed and kept my
> XP in windows.old.
> I have deleted windows.old as it was using to much space, as there does
> not seem to be a format in Vista whats the best way to format then install
> Vista, do I boot off my XP disk and format then take it out and boot from
> Vista or is there a better way
When you start the installation from the Vista DVD, you have two choices.
You can Upgrade or do a Custom install. You want the Custom install and
that will give you the options to delete any current partition(s), create a
new one(s), and format.
(Msg. 3) Posted: Mon Aug 25, 2008 11:28 am
Post subject: Re: Clean Installation [Login to view extended thread Info.] Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)
Thanks Malke
I deleted the partition, created new one, then selected format, the egg
timer came on for about 10 seconds then asked me to go to next, I did this
and it started installing, I was expecting the usual format scenario which
usually takes a while, as it has installed I can only assume the format took
place ?
Thanks
Dave
"Malke" <malke.DeleteThis@invalid.invalid> wrote in message
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> Dajan wrote:
>
>> Hi
>> Sorry to double post but this might be the better forum
>>
>> Just updated from XP Pro to Ultimate, I thought that when I booted from
>> the Vista disk it would do the same as XP, that is I could format the
>> drive and the install on a clean drive, but it just installed and kept my
>> XP in windows.old.
>> I have deleted windows.old as it was using to much space, as there does
>> not seem to be a format in Vista whats the best way to format then
>> install
>> Vista, do I boot off my XP disk and format then take it out and boot from
>> Vista or is there a better way
>
> When you start the installation from the Vista DVD, you have two choices.
> You can Upgrade or do a Custom install. You want the Custom install and
> that will give you the options to delete any current partition(s), create
> a
> new one(s), and format.
>
> Malke
> --
> MS-MVP
> Elephant Boy Computers - Don't Panic!
> FAQ - http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/#FAQ >
(Msg. 4) Posted: Sun Aug 31, 2008 11:23 pm
Post subject: Re: Clean Installation [Login to view extended thread Info.] Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)
> I deleted the partition, created new one, then selected format, the egg
> timer came on for about 10 seconds then asked me to go to next, I did
> this
> and it started installing, I was expecting the usual format scenario
> which
> usually takes a while, as it has installed I can only assume the format
> took
> place ?
Everything went fine.. No need to worry..Enjoy..
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