Installing Vista on an XP system

NotAGolf · 25 Jan 2007 at 08:14

System setup atm:

C: (250gb) Windows XP install, my documents, program files etc
E: (160gb) Purely for storage, music games videos etc

I am getting Vista soon and I want to install it on my system but I have no idea how I would go about doing this. I'm guessing I would need to partition drives but again I've no idea how to do this. What's the best way to go about doing this? Will I have to format everything and backup data and start from scratch? Cheers guys.

.walls · 25 Jan 2007 at 08:18

Google is your friend

dirtydog · 25 Jan 2007 at 08:22

mpledge52 said:
Will I have to format everything and backup data and start from scratch?

No, you can use partitioning software like Partition Magic, to create a new partition to install Vista on.

TC1 · 25 Jan 2007 at 08:29

Or, Format C: Divide it into 2 (When you boot from XP CD you get the chance to do this) Then install XP on one partition and then when that is done Insert Vista DVD and install that on the new Partition!

dirtydog · 25 Jan 2007 at 08:34

Yeah but then he's gotta install XP again

Along with all his software.

TC1 · 25 Jan 2007 at 09:07

dirtydog said:
Yeah but then he's gotta install XP again Along with all his software.

He may not mind!

dirtydog · 25 Jan 2007 at 09:11

True, he might have masochistic tendencies

I daresay he'd rather not reinstall it if he doesn't have to.

TC1 · 25 Jan 2007 at 09:20

Well, like me, i think most people would rather do a fresh install of Vista.

dirtydog · 25 Jan 2007 at 09:41

Ah I must be getting confused, I thought he wanted to keep XP and dual boot. After reading the opening post again I see he made no mention of that

So yes you are right of course, it is better to format and get rid of XP, and do a fresh install of Vista.

NotAGolf · 25 Jan 2007 at 11:54

Sorry I didn't make myself very clear, everything i do at the moment seems to be rushed! Basically what I want to do is install vista just so i can play with it and see what it's like. I'll keep using XP for the majority of tasks. I'm just curious to see what vista's like....but too lazy to go throught the hassle of worrying about what software will and wont work, and the drivers issues etc