Windows XP PRO upgrade to Vista Business

Jerome · External Since: Jul 31, 2007 Posts: 1

,When trying to upgrade to Vista Business the installation procedure only
allows me to save on 'H' NTFS Primary drive of 8MB capacity, I have other
drives with totally unused or sufficient capacity to upgrade to Vista
Business.

Windows Vista Upgrade will not allow me to change the drive letter.

I do have a 200GB unformatted logical drive partition on my computer's hard
drive

I do have a portable hard drive of 200GB.

Please can anyone advise how to overcome this without reformatting my
computer's hard drive.

I look forward to receiving advice on this.

Regards

Paul Randall · External Since: Mar 14, 2007 Posts: 102

Check the packaging.
I think 'upgrade' means to upgrade from a current qualifying operating
system installation to the new OS. If the only current qualifying OS is on
the 8MB partition, then that is the only place the upgrade can occur. You
can't upgrade into a new empty partition.

-Paul Randall

"Jerome" <Jerome.DeleteThis@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:DC6913E6-24DE-4B0D-9B79-EC5352D2A6B6@microsoft.com...
> ,When trying to upgrade to Vista Business the installation procedure only
> allows me to save on 'H' NTFS Primary drive of 8MB capacity, I have other
> drives with totally unused or sufficient capacity to upgrade to Vista
> Business.
>
> Windows Vista Upgrade will not allow me to change the drive letter.
>
> I do have a 200GB unformatted logical drive partition on my computer's
> hard
> drive
>
> I do have a portable hard drive of 200GB.
>
> Please can anyone advise how to overcome this without reformatting my
> computer's hard drive.
>
> I look forward to receiving advice on this.
>
> Regards
>
>

Johnson · Joined: Oct 14, 2009 Posts: 6

Do you have an upgrade copy or a full product copy of Windows Vista? This is described on the front of the Windows Vista retail box or on an online sales receipt.

With an upgrade copy, you can install Windows Vista if you already own a compliant, licensed version of Windows 2000, Windows XP, or Windows Vista. With a full copy, you can upgrade, where possible, or perform a clean installation of Windows Vista, even if no operating system is installed on your computer.

Does the version of Windows currently installed on your computer allow you to perform an upgrade to the edition of Windows Vista that you purchased? For help deciding whether to perform an upgrade or a clean installation, see the table later in this topic.

More information refer to http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-vista/Upgrading-from-Window...P-to-Wi