Upgrade From XP To Vista 64 Bit - Not Happy
Apr 18, 2009
I have been scanning this site to sole an upgrade problem and I would just like to confirm that I have wasted my time buying 64bit Vista unless I want to Start with a fresh install?
I just built a new PC and for some reasin it would not do the initial install from the Vista disk. This appears to have been a problem experienced by others with the same motherboard (Asus P5KPL-CM). SO I found a copy of XP S2 and installed that thinking that I could upgrade - apparently not which makes sense since I have read this forum.
Is there a solution to being able to get the PC to do a fresh install from the VIsta 64 disk?
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