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ReBoot FAQ, 4 of 5
I truly did not have the time or energy to wipe it clean and put on XP. I have a small business to run while I play when I can :-) Bill "Howard" intel 2 core 2g RAM graphic ATI x1950xtx 500 G HD Howard I think it is fair to say that most upgrades from XP to Vista are the ones causing most problems.

Cyberlink Power DVD Suite 6 vs. Roxio, Sony DVD suites?
Rick Rogers r...@mvps.org microsoft public windows vista installation_setup Hi Ryan, A clean install to a volume on the first drive should leave the second Will a clean install wipe and format my second disk? Can I opt to leave that disk untouched? I've read on this forum about disconnecting second drive prior

Vista re-install question
I allways do a clean install of my OS - and yes I know that Vista upgrades are technically clean installs which migrate the settings over afterwards. The problem is that when I reinstall Windows I don't *WANT* my settings to be carried over. I wipe out my installation for good reason. Some idiotic problem in the

3D Studio Max FAQ version 0.6
I ran Windows Installer Cleanup just to make sure some application I had tried out didn't leave any tendrils behind, but it comes up clean. 9. started after I had to wipe my HD and reinstall Vista. (I was in the process of resetting to the Dell Factory Settings after Nero 7 completely corrupted a whole host of

COLLECTED hard drive usage after XP NTFS
I am wondering if I should do a clean install of vista (wipe drive clean) cause i did not know it would leave the old OS on the drive. Hi Heath, Doing a clean install instead may not help performance with the extra hard drive space, but it will reduce the possibility of a compatiblity issue with any remnants of

Slightly OT: Vista first impressions
The worst thing about Vista is the upgrade. Here's the secret to upgrading. * Backup your data. * Use your computer's recovery disk to put a fresh, clean WinXP install in (this gets the drivers in). If you have a full-install version of Vista, you can skip this step, and just wipe the HD clean and do the install.

Apple issues warning on Vista
Ryan R...@discussions.microsoft.com microsoft public windows vista installation_setup I'm told I need to do a Clean Install of Home Premium over existng XP Pro and don't have a realistic solution to backup my second 160 GB HD. Will a clean install wipe and format my second disk? Can I opt to leave that disk

Apple issues warning on Vista
"John Barnes" wrote: You should be ok on the HD as Microsoft has HD drivers built into Vista I don't understand your video card question. 2) Will the clean install wipe out my "Dell restore"? Since I did not ask for the disks when I ordered it. :( (I still have the warrenties upgraded them for the next 3 yrs).

Buying a new activation key:
That way you don't accidently erase the wrong HD. "GEO" <s...@spam.com> wrote in message news:eSRqCib$HHA.3400@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl... I have two hard drisk, one with vista and the other ones has my document folder. If I wipe my drive and do a clean install will Vista automatically remove the documents folder.

Formating XP HD drive
I've had to erase my external hard drive twice and now it's full again, which only means that I need to go through and burn all my more recent photos onto CD The explanation as to size is here, and if I were using Vista Backup regularly, I'd clean it out and make a current full backup because the incremental

Still Getting Create association Message
C.Joseph Drayton cs...@tlerma.com microsoft public windowsxp general Davy wrote: Ah, you just want a clean hard drive.... have a look here http://groups.msn.com/ComputingSolutionsCenter/reformatting.msnw with these instructions you'll stop at the point of installing Windows, since you just want to 'wipe' the disc

grrr. new disk won't let me load XP ...
This is for a computer newbie(me) who had no trouble installing 2GB RAM into an eMachines Vista computer, but obviously didn't back up ALL the files when I used the OS restore disc to wipe the hard drive clean after getting a virus. Any opinions would be appreciated. Thanks! Dennis Forkel.

Best Way to re-install MCE 2005?
Though I read that Vista 32bit will only detect RAM/display up to 3gigs so if I have 4gigs it will read as 3 only. If I ugprade my Vista to 64bit, then it will display correct settings and what not. I currently have 32bit Vista installed, is it easy to upgrade to 64bit, or do I have to WIPE my HD clean and start

VISTA - Not
On Fri, 29 Feb 2008 12:00:34 -0800, Heath wrote: I have used the upgrade kit for vista home premium. I am wondering if I should do a clean install of vista (wipe drive clean) cause i did not know it would leave the old OS on the drive. And will the performance increase because of more available space?

Dumped Vista, Can't install XP Pro
Then Vista would happily show you all those files and move them to wherever you say on your new computer. Maybe it's not too late for you to wipe the thumb drive clean and start over with copying from the old computer. RC -- RC White, CPA San Marcos, TX r...@grandecom.net Microsoft Windows MVP (Running Windows Live

Any fix coming Vista's slowness?
... vista installation_setup "Ryan" <R...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:B017EB3C-3805-4B3D-91B2-C8171010CEB3@microsoft.com... I'm told I need to do a Clean Install of Home Premium over existng XP Pro and don't have a realistic solution to backup my second 160 GB HD. Will a clean install wipe and

Everything from xp is still on my hardrive! Help!
Davywrote: Ah, you just want a clean hard drive.... have a look here http://groups.msn.com/ComputingSolutionsCenter/reformatting.msnw with these instructions you'll stop at the point of installing Windows, since you just want to 'wipe' the disc and not do an install... ...but could'nt you do that with the Xp

partition hard drive
Straight Disk Copy is required, can't copy contents to HD and then to new CD. Might also try cleaning the CD using dilute dish soap solution, You recommending I just pass on 98 - probably reformatting the drive to wipe all 98 info off and somehow figure out how to get the XP disk to boot and install.

More Vista annoyances
On later attempts, I did wipe/reformat the partition, but no change to the end-result. I will check the drive for errors and see what that does - thanks. The drivers that Advisor identified were a couple of Realtek audio drivers (audio is onboard the mobo) but, as it said I could update these after installing Vista

Vista *curse*
I didn't try to remove the partitions with the Vista disk - from everything that I have read so far, using the XP disk and opting to reformat was supposed to wipe the drive clean and allow me to start over. Sounds like my next step should be to contact Gateway about getting a "downgrade" to XP disk.