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Title: WOOHOO GOOD PC WORKS AGAIN!
Post by: Ruler2 on January 12, 2010, 05:33:18 PM
My good non-hp PC that died around thanksgiving is installing XP atm  :D    I want to put Vista Home Premium on there from my original HDD in the hp machine, but I can't get it to burn a Vista disc?Could I install it if I hooked up that HDD to the other PC and moved Vista onto it?  No, it's not just the installation of Vista, I have a seperate recovery partition that I have used before to reinstall Vista with.
Title: Re: WOOHOO GOOD PC WORKS AGAIN!
Post by: Denholm on January 12, 2010, 05:42:11 PM
When it comes to stability, XP is 2x better than Vista
Title: Re: WOOHOO GOOD PC WORKS AGAIN!
Post by: Ruler2 on January 12, 2010, 06:02:09 PM
When it comes to stability, XP is 2x better than Vista

The only reason I want Vista is to upgrade to 7 when I get it.
Title: Re: WOOHOO GOOD PC WORKS AGAIN!
Post by: Denholm on January 12, 2010, 06:04:03 PM
Ah. Just throwing in my opinion. Migrating vista via a hard-drive image/mirror might work. Copy-Paste won't work.
Title: Re: WOOHOO GOOD PC WORKS AGAIN!
Post by: Ruler2 on January 12, 2010, 06:05:28 PM
Ah. Just throwing in my opinion. Migrating vista via a hard-drive image/mirror might work. Copy-Paste won't work.

Oh ok, lemme go try it that way then, thanks!
Title: Re: WOOHOO GOOD PC WORKS AGAIN!
Post by: Masherbrum on January 12, 2010, 06:23:57 PM
When it comes to stability, XP is 2x better than Vista

I disagree immensely.   If you have a good PC, Vista will run just fine.   
Title: Re: WOOHOO GOOD PC WORKS AGAIN!
Post by: EskimoJoe on January 13, 2010, 02:12:22 AM
If you have a good PC, Vista will run just fine.   

Agreed. I have no beef with windows, and no beef with vista. Both have worked fine for me in the past.
Title: Re: WOOHOO GOOD PC WORKS AGAIN!
Post by: cattb on January 13, 2010, 02:33:33 AM
The only reason I want Vista is to upgrade to 7 when I get it.
you don't need vista to upgrade from, you can upgrade from xp also
Title: Re: WOOHOO GOOD PC WORKS AGAIN!
Post by: MrRiplEy[H] on January 13, 2010, 03:12:58 AM
you don't need vista to upgrade from, you can upgrade from xp also

Yep and upgrade is generally bad thing, a fresh clean install is the best to insure operability. All you need is a valid activated XP or Vista to check from and you can do a fresh install.
Title: Re: WOOHOO GOOD PC WORKS AGAIN!
Post by: Shuffler on January 13, 2010, 03:01:30 PM
Yep and upgrade is generally bad thing, a fresh clean install is the best to insure operability. All you need is a valid activated XP or Vista to check from and you can do a fresh install.

You can't upgrade Xp to Windows 7. You can use a Windows 7 upgrade disc to install Windows 7 though. It will format the drive and full install. You have to use the Custom option then follow directions. Backup any important files to another drive or form of media.
Title: Re: WOOHOO GOOD PC WORKS AGAIN!
Post by: cattb on January 13, 2010, 05:07:25 PM
You can't upgrade Xp to Windows 7. You can use a Windows 7 upgrade disc to install Windows 7 though. It will format the drive and full install. You have to use the Custom option then follow directions. Backup any important files to another drive or form of media.
yup +1 Ripley and Shuffler, my mistake I should have said you can but can't upgrade from XP, Windows 7 does a full install which is better anyhow. I have said this before but I run a dual OS windows 7 and kept my XP Pro.
When putting in a new OS I like to always clean install because I will mirror the new OS. As i add the updates , peripherals and drivers, application software, I will make more mirror images till I am done. Ever have problems just go back to my mirror image and reinstall.
Title: Re: WOOHOO GOOD PC WORKS AGAIN!
Post by: mensa180 on January 13, 2010, 05:33:14 PM
I think if you have a good PC it will run vista, yeah, but it will also run XP better.
Title: Re: WOOHOO GOOD PC WORKS AGAIN!
Post by: Fishu on January 13, 2010, 09:04:32 PM
I disagree immensely.   If you have a good PC, Vista will run just fine.   

Nothing to do with a good pc when the code sucks. Vista is annoying.