Upgrading Xp to vista

fenderbass86 · 31 Jan 2008 at 21:10

I've got XP on my system and just bought vista. When I put the cd in, why does the windows upgrade/partition bit not display when I boot the system?

badbob · 31 Jan 2008 at 21:12

You need to go into BIOS and set CD-ROM as 1st boot option.

fenderbass86 · 31 Jan 2008 at 21:16

Done that, it just continues to load as xp.

badbob · 31 Jan 2008 at 21:20

Also press a key when it says so (before it goes into windows)

fenderbass86 · 31 Jan 2008 at 21:25

Done that too! The CD is good becasue i used it on my mates new pc. That booted up straight away as expected.

swinnie · 31 Jan 2008 at 21:27

IIRC, doesn't Vista come on a DVD?

Is the drive a DVD Drive?

fenderbass86 · 1 Feb 2008 at 06:50

Yeah that's what i meant, it's a dvd and ive got a dvd drive.

Priapus · 1 Feb 2008 at 08:05

If it's an upgrade disc, you can't boot it, AFAIK. However if you have set it to boot from CD Rom and you get a message saying, "Press any key to boot from CD...." press any key..There's no reason why it should not work.

fenderbass86 · 1 Feb 2008 at 13:15

I'll try again but it's a genuine vista dvd. When I installed it on my mates pc, the option of upgrade wasn't available as it was a new pc, therefore i just installed it fresh.

Snakedoctor · 1 Feb 2008 at 13:22

fenderbass86 said:
I'll try again but it's a genuine vista dvd. When I installed it on my mates pc,

So you have a genuine copy of Vista which you are attempting to install on a second PC? Braking licensing there. It sounds like you have a "full" version rather than an upgrade, which should boot from DVD. Try booting into xp and then running the install process off the dvd, it does not sound like you can boot from cd/dvd.

Are you sure this is a gen copy?

Fire Wizard · 1 Feb 2008 at 13:28

Hello fenderbass86, when you purchased Windows Vista, did you get the Retail, Upgrade or the OEM license?

fenderbass86 · 1 Feb 2008 at 15:42

Bought from OcUK, the home basic 64 bit edition - OEM.

RJC · 1 Feb 2008 at 17:19

Is your DVD drive IDE or SATA.

Rob

540media · 1 Feb 2008 at 17:34

Did you activate it on your mates PC or just install it for the 30 days (or however long it is)???

the.m · 1 Feb 2008 at 21:02

Disable the hard disc in the boot from menu if possible.

Final8y · 1 Feb 2008 at 23:42

540media said:
Did you activate it on your mates PC or just install it for the 30 days (or however long it is)???

LOLOL The thought of it being activated.

Rebelius · 2 Feb 2008 at 00:56

Pretty sure you can boot from an Upgrade disk - I'm pretty sure I have done, when I got a new hard drive, I certainly didn't install XP first. I may have installed vista twice (first time without CD-Key) but I didn't install XP.

Fire Wizard · 2 Feb 2008 at 13:00

fenderbass86 said:
Bought from OcUK, the home basic 64 bit edition - OEM.

Hello fenderbass86, if you installed Windows Vista for the very first time on your friend’s machine, then you will have to go out and purchase a new license for Windows Vista if you want to run it on your machine. This is because, the OEM license states that you can change any system component in your system as many times as you wish apart from the motherboard and you will still be licensed. Now you may have to re-activate Windows Vista after a hardware and/or configuration change either by the online process or if it fails for various reasons, you will have to ring them up. If you do have to ring them up and speak with a Microsoft Agent, just tell them the truth, what exactly has happened and they will happily re-activate your copy of Windows for you. You will not be violating the EULA and you are still within your rights to use Windows Vista.

Now if you change your motherboard for a performance upgrade (We are not talking about replacing your motherboard under warranty), then I am afraid you will have to purchase a new copy of Windows Vista (License).