My PC Wont Boot Up And I Just wanna get A New OS .. Question Is Can I Do That .. The System Was Win Xp Media Center Edition .. I Want To Let It "Stay" "Broke" And Just Buy Vista And Install It ... Can I Do That Just Pop The Cd In A Install vista With No Trouble Or Will I Have To Recover The Origonal System First !!
2007-02-12 16:07:56 · 8 answers · asked by Matrix 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Desktops
Honestly U can just pop the VISTA DVD in and install the new operating sys. with no hazzle's. As regarding to u r system, if u do not meet the out of the world requirements like 2Gb ram and 128Mb Video memory, u r OS will configure to the best available settings and run smoothly.
2007-02-12 16:20:22 · answer #1 · answered by kartik 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You will need to buy the full version of Vista and not the upgrade to be able to do the install without first getting XP working. Make sure your PC more than meets the min. requirements of VISTA. If it is an older PC VIsta Basic is what you will need.
2007-02-19 19:35:57 · answer #2 · answered by Gregg F 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes you should be able to do that if you system meets the requirements of Vista.
I don't know if Vista comes on one DVD or multiple Cd's, personally I would let Vista get the bugs out somewhat before using it.
2007-02-13 00:15:47 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Vista is just as flakey as win media edition.You could download Bit torrent and then download win xp pro sp2 and use your coa.I have done it and it works.You can then get a new theme and have just as much eye candy but without the problems.
2007-02-13 01:05:00 · answer #4 · answered by warpigs 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well the first thing i would make sure of is that its your operating system that isn't functioning properly. if its your hard drive or motherboard, there's no use in trying to put a new OS on there.
Unfortunatly, i dont know of any specific checks for what is actually wrong with your computer. i know a good site called pcguide.com, they have forums and stuff that may help you out.
2007-02-13 00:18:10 · answer #5 · answered by MadMax08 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
yes... your hard must be greater than 40 GB. And your RAM should be more or equal to 512 MB. Vista Home edition can run on 512MB RAM while Ultimate edition can run on 1 GB ram. You must have a formatted partition with space greater than 20GB.
2007-02-19 02:24:10 · answer #6 · answered by Kshitij 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The work is clact your data format your pc .Than up gread your ram some thing 1GB .Than install vista op. system.your pc.
2007-02-17 07:05:24 · answer #7 · answered by nitin sharma 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes,you can surely install the new OS.The 1st OS won't affect its installation unless the hard disk is damaged.
2007-02-13 13:21:02 · answer #8 · answered by vm 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋