I have 2 hard drives on my laptop, if i make a clean installation from windows xp to windows vista and save my drivers on the d drive before the instaltion....will it still be there if i install the windows vista on my c drive?
2007-03-16 07:33:50 · 6 answers · asked by juan n 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Laptops & Notebooks
No, but you will lose performance and functionality, I guarantee that.
2007-03-16 07:44:49 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
IF you want to switch from windows XP to windows Vista first boot your hard disk in two parts out of which one will cantain your XP and install Vista into the other and then when it is installed, copy all yours folders and files from your XP drive to Vista and later on you can remove XP from your laptop. I too have done the same but instead of Vista and XP I have installed Unix systems and Windows in my laptop.
2007-03-16 14:41:55 · answer #2 · answered by shupra 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Windows Vista Upgrade Advisor to check ur laptop run Windows Vista smooth?
(http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=42B5AC83-C24F-4863-A389-3FFC194924F8&displaylang=en)
U can choose Windows Vista install at C drive.
Then ur backup file at D drive will not delete.
2007-03-16 14:49:39 · answer #3 · answered by Foong 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well it depends on the installation you make, if you an upgrade you will change the winxp to vista but u won't loose your documents, but if you make a new copy and delete the partition maybe you will loose your data, so it's better to comp your data on an other computer first
good luck
2007-03-16 14:38:55 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You won't lose anything if you use the Upgrade option. And Vista allows you to back up your data to CD or DVD so you should take advantage of that.
2007-03-16 14:41:28 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hi. Backup, backup, backup first. I lost some documents when Vista Beta installed on my slave drive. Did I mention backup?
2007-03-16 14:43:24 · answer #6 · answered by Cirric 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋