formatting in vista 64

[ethan]

Quite weird really. I had win xp pro installed and thought that on trying to install Vista it would give me the option to format the old operating system so as to have a clean install. The only options that appeared was the upgrade option that was greyed out and a straight Vista install. Vista actually kept the old operating system so that every time I boot it gives the option (1)Vista and (2) Old Windows. I can't be bothered to change things now as everything seems to be running fine: but for future refference does this always happen?

 

[PhillyDee]

I just reformatted last night, and when you select what disk you want, there is an 'advanced' option. Thats where format is.

 

[bledd]

click advanced, then remove the partition (during setup)

setup procedure (for the average user) is largely the same on vista as xp, just has a nicer gui and more methods of adding raid/sata controllers

 

[ethan]

I see. Thank you