forjonny Posted May 4, 2009 Share Posted May 4, 2009 I have an Acer with Vista on it. I want to put a dual-boot with XP and Vista. I just reformatted my partitioned drive with XP Pro and now want to put Vista on the partition.The computer came brand new with a DVD called Windows Anytime Upgrade. Is this my operating system for the computer or is it just an upgrade to my orginal Vista installed on this pc? I have the Vista code sticker on the pc as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MillenX Posted May 6, 2009 Share Posted May 6, 2009 (edited) I have an Acer with Vista on it. I want to put a dual-boot with XP and Vista. I just reformatted my partitioned drive with XP Pro and now want to put Vista on the partition.The computer came brand new with a DVD called Windows Anytime Upgrade. Is this my operating system for the computer or is it just an upgrade to my orginal Vista installed on this pc? I have the Vista code sticker on the pc as well.Windows Anytime Upgrade DVD is an Vista edition upgrade method by buying a license online.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Anytime_UpgradeIt is used to upgrade your vista instead of installing a new Vista OS on your pc. Edited May 6, 2009 by MillenX Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forjonny Posted May 6, 2009 Author Share Posted May 6, 2009 This is wrong. I did the install. I was in XP Partition 1 and stuck in my Vista DVD disk and it said Install and I tried that and eventually said that the Upgrade was not available for XP to Vista but when I clicked on I think Next it then ask me where I wanted the install and I chose Partition 2 and it proceeded to install correctly after I put in my COA that I got from my tower. The same tower that I got with the DVD disk.After it was all done then I had a dual boot of XP and Vista. It just wanted Vista to be the first boot and I told Vista that I wanted XP the first boot OS and it switched that and now I have restarted many times and it works.So why did it work?So the upgrade turned into a fresh install. I did not have to put in any disk to show that I had Windows on the drive. I did not upgrade a Vista for a higher Vista.Please explain how this happened and why others said that it is for upgrading Vista to Vista (higher) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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