Windows vista beta2 upgrade install

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Hello everybody,
I`m trying to upgrade windows xp sp2 when I run setup from the system it
will stop responding after I insert the CD key
when I run the setup by booting from the DVD the upgrade option is unavailable
 
I had same problem, was upgrading from earlier version Longhorn, I booted
into that version and removed the CD/DVD driver and rebooted then it saw the
DVD player and installed. Took me 5 or 6 times to actually install, now
cannot register it cause IE cannot hit the internet
Good luck!
 
Upgrading from one build of Vista to another is not recommended and not
supported. With Beta 2 only upgrades from XP to Vista are supported. It is
likely that upgrading from Beta 2 to RC1 will not be supported either.
 
Colin.

While installing Vista Beta 2 in an upgrade situation is not recommended,
not supported, and will cause data loss, hours of sleeplessness and foot
corns, wouldn't it be prudent for some people, and by that I mean people like
you, Tom, Andre, etc... (those who unlike me seem to have a clue) to attempt
upgrades so that the fiasco scenarios can be reported to MSFT? And just take
that a little farther: isn't this a great learning experience for MSFT
regarding the actual versus the percieved ability of the average Windows
user? I would think that, while mind-numbingly exhaustive, actually
supporting a user such as myself in an upgrade scenario would be offset by
the knowledge gained.
 
No. This is a beta test to benefit the future of Vista. It is not about
us.

There will not be any supported scenarios in which anyone will ever obtain a
beta copy of Vista and then upgrade it to the retail edition over time.

All supported upgrade scenarios have to be thoroughly tested by MS before
PSS can support customers making such an upgrade. For one thing, there is
no chance that upgrades from build 5384 to build 54xx to build 55xx can ever
receive such testing. There is no point in concerning ourselves with this
kind of upgrade if MS will never use the findings anyway. The current
testing at MS is focused on upgrading from XP to Vista because that is what
can be supported by PSS.

Consider the upgrade scenario for moving up from Win95 to XP. It is not
supported from the Win95 desktop (if you try you get "Upgrade is not an
Option"). Yet you can boot from the XP Upgrade cd and perform a clean
install of XP by simply providing the Win95 cd when asked for proof of
ownership of a previous version of Windows. Why? Because Win95 had reached
End Of Support before XP came out and MS did not throughly test the upgrade
scenario for a no-longer supported product. PSS could not support the
upgraders. MS did not mind Win95 owners taking advantage of the $100
savings by not having to buy XP full, but they could not guarantee complete
success in an upgrade in place scenario.

It is likely to be the same for Win98/ME users when Vista releases since
those products will reach End Of Support four weeks from now. (XP Gold is
already out of support and XP SP1 will reach EOS on Patch Tuesday in
October).
 
mcse said:
Hello everybody,
I`m trying to upgrade windows xp sp2 when I run setup from the system it
will stop responding after I insert the CD key
when I run the setup by booting from the DVD the upgrade option is unavailable
Click to expand...

Just done a successful upgrade from Windows XP SP2-x32 to Vista-x32 on a
Fujitsu-Siemens laptop. Original DVD RW used was faulty but a new DVD+RW
cured that problem. Second time I also removed all the programs the
update said would not work. Remove Daemon tools V4 if installed as its
hard to remove on Vista. (and it doesn't work).

Mike
 
I suggest that you go ahead with a clean installation on a separate drive or
partition and report the upgrade failure via the feedback link. I am
assuming that you were not attempting to upgrade your production or primary
home installation of XP (don't!).
 
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