vista upgrade on a laptop

[crazyDAJT]

I have the opportunity to get a cheep copy of vista HP upgrade. and am looking to upgrade my laptop with it.

now as I understand, I need a install of XP. which I have, but does it have to be retail?? which it isn't obviously.

also I don't have an XP CD, to pop in during the install, I only have the Toshiba recovery disc, is this going to work??

 

[Burnsy2023]

OEM is fine to upgrade from.

As for the upgrade, it's changed since XP. You now upgrade from an activated installation rather then just "popping a disc in".

Burnsy

 

[crazyDAJT]

OEM is fine to upgrade from.

As for the upgrade, it's changed since XP. You now upgrade from an activated installation rather then just "popping a disc in".

Burnsy

dose this mean I have to do a fresh recover of my XP install to install Vista each time I want to start again??

also is the upgrade bound by the same OEM rules or is it more like retail

 

[Burnsy2023]

A) Yes, or image the installation using True Image or something

B) The upgrade is an extension of your rights in the qualifying product. So, if you upgrade from a retail version, it has the same restrictions as OEM and the same for OEM.

Burnsy

 

[bledd]

what spec is the laptop?

if you want to use it for more than browsing the internet & winamp, then don't bother if it's not got dual-core and 2gb+

 

[crazyDAJT]

what spec is the laptop?

if you want to use it for more than browsing the internet & winamp, then don't bother if it's not got dual-core and 2gb+

I used to do a lot of cad work on it, its got a good duo core but its only got 1GB (the system is less than 2 years old so before memory got really cheep), was planing to get a 4 GB kit of the MM. but missed to the boat.

it all went hand in hand really,as I would have to upgrade to make cheep copy of vista worth wile.

I think one copy of vista on my desktop is all i need.