Can I install Vista RC1 on a new HD?

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Downloaded RC1, got a key, burned iso to DVD so far everything ok.
Now my idea is to remove both existing drives from my pc, install a newly
formatted drive and install Vista RC1 on that drive.Will this approach work?
Wil I be able to again remove the "Vista drive", re-install both "old"
drives and end up with the same system I have now?
 
Yes- that's exactly what I have done. During install, once you get to select
where to install, select your blank drive and use the links to format it.
Once the format window goes away, you need to RESTART your installation- for
some reason the drive format doesnt complete before restart. There's no link
either, so I had to just press the reset button on my case. Anyway, once
it's restarted, you can proceed as normal. However, if the other drives are
still plugged in and operational, Vista may well try to format them as new
drives, so you may want to just pull the plug on them when you're not running
XP.

Hope this helps.
 
I did the same thing. =) It's the smart way to do it, in my opinion. Good
luck!!!

Jeff
 
Downloaded RC1, got a key, burned iso to DVD so far everything ok.
Now my idea is to remove both existing drives from my pc, install a newly
formatted drive and install Vista RC1 on that drive.Will this approach work?
Wil I be able to again remove the "Vista drive", re-install both "old"
drives and end up with the same system I have now?
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Yes, that should work, if you don't damage the drives.
 
AS the others have already said, yes you can. I also highly recommend this
as the way to do it. I originally installed it as an upgrade to XP, and had
nothing but problems. When I finally got it to install, it took almost two
hours! Various aspects of Vista didn't work either. I then said the heck
with that, and bought a new 300gig drive and did a fresh install. It took
about half an hour to install, everything works great, and it is VERY
noticeably faster running.

I guess this OS is not exactly designed specifically as an upgrade overtop a
previous OS. Maybe the release version will fix that.
 
Thank you very much for tha answers guys.
I'll give it a go asap.
Thanks again, it's very much appreciated.
 
The answers were very useful for me too, thank you. Now, I have two
partitions on my HDD, I mean, I can't just "remove" one of them... :S Can I
choose, when installing, where to do it, without damaging the other
partitions? And by the way... In Microsoft they say it's possible to run
setup from Windows XP, is it so? Because I tried to do it but it says "You
must reboot your computer and run from CD" (or smth. like that)... I mean,
it's the same for me to install it in one way or the another, but if what i'm
experiencing isn't normal, maybe I have problems during installation. Thank
you again.
 
Wel I did remove the drives and everything went ok.
From what I learned, you can choose the partition you want to install it on,
whthout damaging the other partition.
Boot from CD is ok.
I'dd change the order of the devices to boot from in the bios first.
I'd set it to:
1. CD or DVD.
2. Existing HD. (HDD-0)
During install your pc will automatically restart and it should reboot in
RC1 to complete installation.
FWIW, both XP and RC1 have a simple dual boot utility built-in that will
automatically install with the second Windows OS...
 
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