does upgrading from Vista Home Premium to Ultimate require a format of my hard drive?
September 18th, 2008
FlandersiPod asked:
I am currently running Windows Vista Home Premium and i have an installation disc for Windows Vista Ultimate. I want to know if upgrading my PC with that disc will require me to format my computer. I want to upgrade my version of Vista, but I won’t if i have to format my computer.
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I am currently running Windows Vista Home Premium and i have an installation disc for Windows Vista Ultimate. I want to know if upgrading my PC with that disc will require me to format my computer. I want to upgrade my version of Vista, but I won’t if i have to format my computer.
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no, normally with windows you can choose an upgrade option which will just upgrade and not reformat the hard drive. Leaving all your files and settings.
i would reformat anyway, your putting an operating system on top of another.
No need to format drives. If the upgrade option is available you can go ahead. I have done this earlier.
Your files will be in the same folders where they were. Dont select fresh installation when installing.