Windows Vista upgrade/installation w/o DVD support

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Opinicus

As we all know, WinXP had no built-in DVD support. We need(ed) to use
3rd-party programs to view/burn DVDs etc.

The Vista upgrade/installation packages come on DVDs so far as I can tell.
Presumably these will work on WinXP installations that don't have additional
DVD support. Right? But if so, how is this possible?
 
As we all know, WinXP had no built-in DVD support. We need(ed) to use
3rd-party programs to view/burn DVDs etc.

The Vista upgrade/installation packages come on DVDs so far as I can tell.
Presumably these will work on WinXP installations that don't have additional
DVD support. Right? But if so, how is this possible?
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I don't quite understand the question. Why would you want Vista
upgrade packages to run from Win XP? They can't.

You put the DVD in the DVD drive, make sure that the BIOS is set to
boot from it and then you start the computer. Hit any key to boot
from CD when the BIOS asks you to and follow the procedure. If your
version of XP is capable of upgrade you can select it. Otherwise, you
may be told that you need to do a clean install.

Therefore, either create a new partition using something like Acronis
and install to that or back so that you can dual boot XP and Vista (it
gets set up automatically) or back up your data so that you can safely
reformat your hard drive for the install and then put back your docs,
photos and music afterwards.
 
Opinicus said:
As we all know, WinXP had no built-in DVD support. We need(ed) to use
3rd-party programs to view/burn DVDs etc.
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I've never heard this before (been using XP since its early beta days). XP
fully supports reading/viewing content of DVD's.
The Vista upgrade/installation packages come on DVDs so far as I can tell.
Presumably these will work on WinXP installations that don't have
additional DVD support. Right? But if so, how is this possible?
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As XP fully supports reading DVD's, it has no problems with the Vista DVD's.
 
Tom Porterfield said:
I've never heard this before (been using XP since its early beta days).
XP fully supports reading/viewing content of DVD's.
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Aha. It supports data DVDs. I was thinking of content DVDs like movies.
As XP fully supports reading DVD's, it has no problems with the Vista
DVD's.
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Confusion cleared up. Thank you.
 
Opinicus said:
Aha. It supports data DVDs. I was thinking of content DVDs like movies.
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With Windows Media Player installed (which is included by default) it also
supports DVD movies with no additional software required.
 
Tom Porterfield said:
With Windows Media Player installed (which is included by default) it also
supports DVD movies with no additional software required.
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I knew about that. I'm wondering what's going to happen to the PowerDVD
program that I'm now using to watch DVDs.
 
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