Installing Vista RC1

PiKe · 1 Oct 2006 at 11:40

If I was to install Vista RC1, how long would I be allowed to run it for? Can it be installed so that it doesn't touch my XP install at all, so that I can remove all traces of Vista if I wished?

pany · 1 Oct 2006 at 11:53

I have got mine set up as a dual boot system, with vista on a seperate hard drive so my XP is unaffected.

iirc the licence is for up until march next year, so expensive upgrade or reformat for all those that have just upgraded XP.

PiKe · 1 Oct 2006 at 22:20

If you do a clean install from within windows, does it copy all the files it needs thus removing any need to burn the iso to dvd?

pany · 2 Oct 2006 at 19:12

don't know sorry, used the iso for my install

silent · 2 Oct 2006 at 19:17

is this available for all people or just developers?

is it stable?

Memphis · 2 Oct 2006 at 22:16

silent said:
is this available for all people or just developers?

is it stable?

Everyone, though you may have missed the (rather huge) windows for obtaining either a Beta or RC key. I'm sure someone could provide one however.

Yes, it's stable. Not 100% compatible with everything, but I certainly haven't crashed it yet.

Without meaning to offend, there have been numerous threads on Vista since the General Public Beta release, and a huge thread on this very board of a number of peoples experiences.

silent · 2 Oct 2006 at 22:33

Memphis said:
Everyone, though you may have missed the (rather huge) windows for obtaining either a Beta or RC key. I'm sure someone could provide one however.

Yes, it's stable. Not 100% compatible with everything, but I certainly haven't crashed it yet.

Without meaning to offend, there have been numerous threads on Vista since the General Public Beta release, and a huge thread on this very board of a number of peoples experiences.

no offence taken its that i havent surfed on here for ages nor followed vista much. saw this and thought i'd enquire