Dual Boot - will clean install of Vista upgrade kill my original XP installation?

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Ian R

Hi

I've just bought the retail Ultimate upgrade but not yet installed it.

I'm currently running XP Pro and planned to do a clean install of Vista and
dual boot to XP when needed.

But I've just read in another NG that the upgrade to Vista will void the
activation of XP* and render it unusable ( *that is if XP is the upgrade
version rather than a Full version)

Is this correct?

If it is then MS are going to create a lot of new enemies if they alienate
people like myself.

Having paid £250 for Vista ultimate upgrade I don't expect it to kill my
existing system!

I'd appreciate some clarification on this and hope its untrue!

Thanks for any info.

Ian
 
I haven't heard of such thing, but it is possible.

Here's me situacion.

I installed a Clean copy of Vista Home Upgrade from XP Pro OEM and I am dual
booting between them.

In my case, I cannot upgrade the system from XP Pro to Vista Home so the
upgrade option is disabled and I was given the option for a clean install.

good luck
 
Ian R said:
Hi

I've just bought the retail Ultimate upgrade but not yet installed it.

I'm currently running XP Pro and planned to do a clean install of Vista and
dual boot to XP when needed.

But I've just read in another NG that the upgrade to Vista will void the
activation of XP* and render it unusable ( *that is if XP is the upgrade
version rather than a Full version)

Is this correct?

If it is then MS are going to create a lot of new enemies if they alienate
people like myself.

Having paid £250 for Vista ultimate upgrade I don't expect it to kill my
existing system!

I'd appreciate some clarification on this and hope its untrue!

Thanks for any info.

Ian
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Doing that will NOT "kill" your XP installation.
It does, however, "technically" make your "license" unusable on another disk
partition or machine. Basically, what would happen is you would technically
be in violation of your XP license if you failed to remove it from your
machine(s).

I don't know what the implications for re-activation of your XP license would
be if you ever needed to, however. It may activate, or it may not.
All I can say is I've never failed to get XP activated when doing a phone
activation, under ANY circumstances.

Of course, this is only a "legal technicality", and does nothing to the
installation of XP already installed.

By the way, using the Vista upgrade license makes ANY kind of XP license
"technically unusable on another machine/partition", including a *Full Retail
license* of XP (if it is the license of XP you use as the base for the install
of Vista).

This is because when one uses a Windows Upgrade license to upgrade a previous
version of Windows, the previous license becomes part of the NEW license
(again, this is a legal technicality, not a physical fact), and is no longer
supposed to be used. .

This is NOT new with Vista, either. It has been part of the Windows Upgrade
licensing since the very beginning. Don't believe me? Read the Microsoft
Windows XP EULA concerning upgrades.
 
That's why an upgrade is cheaper - the purchase price is based on owning an
earlier version, and the license that comes with the upgrade version
explicitly states that it voids the license of the previous version. This
has been a part of the license terms of every upgrade version of Windows.
And yes, expect your XP key to be invalid after the upgrade.

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I suggest you keep XP, much better than Vista, or partition your hard drive
with Partition Magic keeping XP and then place Vista on the next drive. You
should have then an automatic duel boot choice. An upgrade of Vista will
install fully if you do it twice. First time without activation, 2nd install
over the same Vista is now an Upgrade to the real thing. Microsoft explains
it also on their site. All the best.

Richard G. Harper said:
That's why an upgrade is cheaper - the purchase price is based on owning
an earlier version, and the license that comes with the upgrade version
explicitly states that it voids the license of the previous version. This
has been a part of the license terms of every upgrade version of Windows.
And yes, expect your XP key to be invalid after the upgrade.

--
Richard G. Harper [MVP Shell/User] (e-mail address removed)
* NEW! Catch my blog ... http://msmvps.com/blogs/rgharper/
* PLEASE post all messages and replies in the newsgroups
* The Website - http://rgharper.mvps.org/
* HELP us help YOU ... http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm


Ian R said:
Hi

I've just bought the retail Ultimate upgrade but not yet installed it.

I'm currently running XP Pro and planned to do a clean install of Vista
and dual boot to XP when needed.

But I've just read in another NG that the upgrade to Vista will void the
activation of XP* and render it unusable ( *that is if XP is the upgrade
version rather than a Full version)

Is this correct?

If it is then MS are going to create a lot of new enemies if they
alienate people like myself.

Having paid £250 for Vista ultimate upgrade I don't expect it to kill my
existing system!

I'd appreciate some clarification on this and hope its untrue!

Thanks for any info.

Ian
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