Is this possible to do, and will it activate ok?
2007-02-26 05:13:19 · 7 answers · asked by JJ 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Software
No
2007-02-26 05:16:24 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
I would probably get anything you need off that drive, and format it before loading it.
Make sure to pay attention to the system requirements of Vista, as they are much higher than XP.
Unless there is something that you can't do now that you will be able to do with Vista, I would definitely leave XP or whatever on the old machine unless you are going to upgrade it - and even then, I would wait a few more months for microsofts loyal beta-testing customers to get done troubleshooting the software that they bought, and some fix patches come out.
2007-02-26 05:20:35 · answer #2 · answered by joemammysbigguns 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Depends. Some manufacturers disable the version of Windows they sent you so that it will only install on their computers. Others ship you a full version usable on any PC.
Vista will install over Windows XP without lose of data or programs.
However, you have to have a serial number to activate Vista. As the number that came with your new PC is already registered with Microsoft for the original PC, you can not reuse the number on your second PC. Vista will stop working after 15 days.
To install Vista you will need a legitimate serial number.
2007-02-26 05:20:45 · answer #3 · answered by dewcoons 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If your system has a sticker or other notification that indicates it is Vista ready you'll have no problem. If it isn't Vista ready, you will still be able to install, however, you will want to ensure that you have a large hard drive, lots of ram (1 gig or more), a recent video card and a monitor that isn't too old (for clarity sake).
If you have an original Vista disk, it shouldn't give you much trouble. One of my sons installed Vista on his system when he was beta testing it and his system is about 2 years old...he had no problems other than he had to upgrade his video card to increase the ram but he was going to do that anyway.
Good luck
2007-02-26 05:20:05 · answer #4 · answered by dustiiart 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You have to wipe the hard drive first with a tool like darik's boot and nuke (www.dban.org) then the OEM copy of Windows will install just fine. If the license key COA has not been used on another machine then you won't have a problem activating and passing WGA verifications.
2007-02-26 05:18:17 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You need the MSR minimun system requirements to do this.
A 800mhz processor, 80gb harddisk drive, and 1gigabyte of ram.
random access memory. (memory sticks, ram sticks,etc(
Also to run more than one OS you need a large enough hdd in order to create another partition. Then install the new OS on the new partition. Can only run one OS at a time. You can always go back and run the other OS when you want to.
2007-02-26 05:19:51 · answer #6 · answered by devil dogs 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes you just gotta have a gig ram and min-40gb hard drive and fast motherboard
2007-02-26 05:17:02 · answer #7 · answered by micro52000 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋