upgrade installing vista winxp

Do you think you'll be able to install Windows Vista on Windows XP Pro?
I need to know because I don't want to erase my hard disk before to install Vista, I'd like to install Vista upgrading current Windows XP.. is it possible in your opinion?
Max

Where can I download/get latest Vista?
Max

Massimo,
I am sure upgrades will be no problem with the final release.
-- Richard Hay Webmaster http://WindowsObserver.com
"Massimo" wrote in message

Do you think you'll be able to install Windows Vista on Windows XP Pro?
I need to know because I don't want to erase my hard disk before to install Vista, I'd like to install Vista upgrading current Windows XP.. is it possible in your opinion?
Max

Regardless of what you may read, Vista is NOT an upgrade of XP. It requires it's own, clean partition. Since I am a Beta tester I added a machine that isn't job critical. A second hard drive set to dual boot is another option.
"Massimo" wrote:

Do you think you'll be able to install Windows Vista on Windows XP Pro?
I need to know because I don't want to erase my hard disk before to install Vista, I'd like to install Vista upgrading current Windows XP.. is it possible in your opinion?
Max

Well eventually yeh you'll be able to upgrade in the final release, but some allow it already. They'll transfer your files and settings across just fine... but for the time being, create a new partition and install from there. Needs to be an NTFS (not RAW or FAT32) for it to work as well.
-- Zack Whittaker » ZackNET Enterprises: www.zacknet.co.uk » MSBlog on ResDev: www.msblog.org » Vista Knowledge Base: www.vistabase.co.uk » This mailing is provided "as is" with no warranties, and confers no rights. All opinions expressed are those of myself unless stated so, and not of my employer, best friend, Ghandi, my mother or my cat. Glad we cleared that up!
--: Original message follows :-- "Neal at Spectdar Computing" wrote in message

Regardless of what you may read, Vista is NOT an upgrade of XP. It requires it's own, clean partition. Since I am a Beta tester I added a machine that isn't job critical. A second hard drive set to dual boot is another option.
"Massimo" wrote:
Do you think you'll be able to install Windows Vista on Windows XP Pro?
I need to know because I don't want to erase my hard disk before to install Vista, I'd like to install Vista upgrading current Windows XP.. is it possible in your opinion?
Max

Reading Zack's reply reminded me of something I learned over the years. With 32 bit XP a formatted cluster size of 2048kb tended to speed things up a little and kept fragmentation down a bit. When I got 64 bit XP experimentation showed that Windows default cluster size was best. Now comes Vista and I find that anything up to 8192kb cluster sizes work best because of the huge amounts of data that Vista must deal with (overhead mostly). I know this is an arguable point but since we're here to help and discuss things it is something to consider and possibly even try.
"Zack Whittaker" wrote:

Well eventually yeh you'll be able to upgrade in the final release, but some allow it already. They'll transfer your files and settings across just fine... but for the time being, create a new partition and install from there. Needs to be an NTFS (not RAW or FAT32) for it to work as well.
-- Zack Whittaker » ZackNET Enterprises: www.zacknet.co.uk » MSBlog on ResDev: www.msblog.org » Vista Knowledge Base: www.vistabase.co.uk » This mailing is provided "as is" with no warranties, and confers no rights. All opinions expressed are those of myself unless stated so, and not of my employer, best friend, Ghandi, my mother or my cat. Glad we cleared that up!
--: Original message follows :-- "Neal at Spectdar Computing" NealatSpectdarComputing@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message Regardless of what you may read, Vista is NOT an upgrade of XP. It requires it's own, clean partition. Since I am a Beta tester I added a machine that isn't job critical. A second hard drive set to dual boot is another option.
"Massimo" wrote:
Do you think you'll be able to install Windows Vista on Windows XP Pro?
I need to know because I don't want to erase my hard disk before to install Vista, I'd like to install Vista upgrading current Windows XP.. is it possible in your opinion?
Max

Yes, upgrading from Windows XP Professional SP2 to Windows Vista Business or Ultimate is possible but not guaranteed to be successful. Make sure you back up any important data before doing so. -- Andre Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta FAQ for MS AntiSpy http://www.geocities.com/marfer_mvp/FAQ_MSantispy.htm
"Massimo" wrote in message

Do you think you'll be able to install Windows Vista on Windows XP Pro?
I need to know because I don't want to erase my hard disk before to install Vista, I'd like to install Vista upgrading current Windows XP.. is it possible in your opinion?
Max

You have to be either a Technical Tester, MSDN Operating Systems and up Subscriber, or part of Microsofts Technology Adoption Program Customer segment. I would preferrably wait until the operating system is released in the second quarter which expected to happen in the second quarter. -- Andre Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta FAQ for MS AntiSpy http://www.geocities.com/marfer_mvp/FAQ_MSantispy.htm
"Massimo" wrote in message

Where can I download/get latest Vista?
Max