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Microsoft Highlights Terms For Windows XP, 2000 Users Upgrading To Vista

Microsoft has posted a page to its Windows Vista site that provides instruction for upgrading to Windows Vista from a legacy Windows operating systems to any Windows Vista version.

Microsoft said in case of certain systems, users might need to perform a completely clean installation. Is said certain legacy OS' require a full system installation while others will allow for an in-place upgrade.

A chart on the page titled "Upgrade Planning for Windows Vista" details upgrade paths, and details the compatibility to install Vista overtop an existing OS.

According to the chart, only Windows XP Home, XP Professional, XP Media Center, and XP Tablet PC users will be able to upgrade in-place, and then only to specific versions of Vista.

Windows XP Professional will be able to do an in-place install only to Vista Business and Vista Ultimate. To upgrade to Vista Home Basic or Vista Home Premium, a Windows XP Pro user would first have to back up all files; after adding Vista, users would need to reinstall all applications and restore the saved data files.

As per the above chart, users who are moving to any version of Windows Vista from 64-bit Windows XP or Windows 2000, you'll be required to perform a complete re-installation of the OS.


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