vista instalation

Supermodder911 · Post by **Supermodder911** » Sun Sep 02, 2007 2:06 pm

Ok I have a windows anytime upgrade dvd i want to know if it will install vista or if it is just to download updates or whatever when i put it in i see te normal installation menu for vista but im not sure so please hep.

Cryticfarm · Post by **Cryticfarm** » Sun Sep 02, 2007 2:10 pm

How expensive was it?

CabooseJr · Post by **CabooseJr** » Sun Sep 02, 2007 2:12 pm

It depends on which version of Vista you are getting. Installing it isn't hard.

Supermodder911 · Post by **Supermodder911** » Sun Sep 02, 2007 2:16 pm

no you see my mom bought a laptop and im using her dvd it is called windows anytime upgrade, from what im earing right now it asks you for the 25 key serial before starting to install.

TomClancey · Post by **TomClancey** » Sun Sep 02, 2007 2:19 pm

Your harddrive will be formatted and you'll lose everything. Make sure to back everything up.

Supermodder911 · Post by **Supermodder911** » Sun Sep 02, 2007 2:20 pm

its a upgade disc i want to keep my files and settings

How expensive was it?

It came with my moms $800 laptop.

Cryticfarm · Post by **Cryticfarm** » Sun Sep 02, 2007 2:35 pm

Ohhhhhhhhhhh nvm. Ya, like TomClancey said back up everything, pop in the disk and the rest is pretty much straight forward.

Supermodder911 · Post by **Supermodder911** » Sun Sep 02, 2007 2:42 pm

...not really i need to know if i can nstall from this dvd or not thats basicly all i need to know.

CabooseJr · Post by **CabooseJr** » Sun Sep 02, 2007 3:16 pm

Funny, my computer didn't get formatted when I switched to vista.

Supermodder911 · Post by **Supermodder911** » Sun Sep 02, 2007 3:24 pm

yea but in my particular case there isnt no update option so i need a way to backup all my stuff, any ideas?

kibito87 · Post by **kibito87** » Sun Sep 02, 2007 6:16 pm

Buy some type of external media. I use my xbox which has a 160gb hdd in it. Or you could make a seperate partition on your computer and transfer all your files to it. Then format the normal C partition that contains your OS.

Supermodder911 · Post by **Supermodder911** » Tue Sep 04, 2007 6:37 am

That problm is solved i am running Vista Home Premeum edition right now.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Tue Sep 04, 2007 7:01 am

kibito87 wrote:Buy some type of external media. I use my xbox which has a 160gb hdd in it. Or you could make a seperate partition on your computer and transfer all your files to it. Then format the normal C partition that contains your OS.

hey for future reference because i might be getting vista in near future how do i get stuff from my computer to xbox use a ethernet cable?

Cryticfarm · Post by **Cryticfarm** » Tue Sep 04, 2007 11:15 am

supermodder911 wrote:That problm is solved i am running Vista Home Premeum edition right now.

I am too. *High fives*

Supermodder911 · Post by **Supermodder911** » Tue Sep 04, 2007 6:40 pm

lol,my video card is gay and it is built in my motherboard so unupgradeabe and it dos'nt support aero anyoe know how to renable aero?or add more of my system memy to it beings how it uses my systems memory already.

Lavix · Post by **Lavix** » Wed Sep 05, 2007 11:54 am

An $800 laptop these days wont give you much room for quality. You probably don't even have a GB of system memory, if so its probably of low latency.

If you want to get the most out of vista without dealing with many problems I would suggest disabling most of the animations and transparency features. They will only increase loading times and decrease the amount of memory available to you.

Cryticfarm · Post by **Cryticfarm** » Wed Sep 05, 2007 12:04 pm

Well I'm fine cause I got basically no programs running, 2gb RAM and a 8600 GT.

xbox7887 · Post by **xbox7887** » Wed Sep 05, 2007 7:04 pm

Lavix wrote:You probably don't even have a GB of system memory, if so its probably of low latency.

Low latency is good

Supermodder911 · Post by **Supermodder911** » Wed Sep 05, 2007 7:17 pm

the $800 laptop is my moms mine has 1.5GB of system memory.

little_shadow · Post by **little_shadow** » Wed Sep 05, 2007 7:22 pm

When you install Vista All your old files go to a new folder called Windows.Old