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upgrade?
hey there i have vista home premium and i want to upgrade to ulimate.
now when i look at my pc details in dell center i see vista home premium and under 32 bit
now if i want to upgrade to ultimate do i have to have the 32x version or i can use 64x?
i have a cd but when i put it in it say the version is not compatible..
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Posted September 10th, 2008 18:00
i have a dell xps 420.i stupid i should of toke the ultimate when i hade a chance...
so i just want to upgrade not loose all my data...so 32 it is.
to boot from cd what do i do?cause i tryed a couple of times and it goes strait to windows..
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Posted September 10th, 2008 18:00
Hi
If you trying to do a true upgrade to have to use the 32 bit Ultimate version !
You can not upgrade with the 64 bit Ultimate version it has to be a clean install of 64 bit
You boot the Ultimate 64 bit DVD to install it .
Good Luck
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Posted September 10th, 2008 21:00
You should have the F12 option at boot up, if you want to boot from a CD/DVD drive. Have you tried that?
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Posted September 10th, 2008 22:00
no i havent.i will try it when i get the dvd..583
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Posted September 10th, 2008 22:00
Watch the screen for " Press any key to boot from the CD/DVD ". When you see it press any key.
pcgeek11
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Posted September 11th, 2008 01:00
Hi
If you do a upgrade you have to do it inside of windows !!
if you boot the DVD you will install it as a clean install .
You can not do a upgrade if you boot it using F12 .
You are going to hoes your Premium install !!
If you have SP1 installed you have to remove it to upgrade windows without
a SP1 upgrade disk !!
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Posted September 11th, 2008 21:00
wow..confusing..why?
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Posted September 12th, 2008 04:00
Hi
You said you wanted to upgrade to Ultimate
you have to use the disk inside of windows !
If you have service pack 1 installed and you do not
have a service pack 1 Ultimate upgrade disk to upgrade
with you have to remove SP 1 in your Premium OS to upgrade !
If you boot the disk using 12 you will ether do a clean install or
you will do a custom install !
Ether of those ways you hoes your Premium install and all of the software in it !!
Good Luck
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Posted September 12th, 2008 11:00
hats funny cause i heard that when you upgrade you don't loose anything..
man im starting to change my mind on this ultimate..
i juste wanted it for more memory..cause they say the vista premium does not see more then 3 gigs?
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Posted September 10th, 2008 18:00
What model PC? We can't say if it is 64bit compatible without knowing what the model is.
Then, you/we would have to determine if 64 bit drivers are available for the PC's hardware.
If you want Ultimate, you can use either the 32 bit or 64 bit versions.
Finally, if you want to install Vista 64 bit it must be a "clean" install (reformat the hard drive), you can't "upgrade" the exisiting 32bit version.