Disappointment with Vista alternative media program?
" I
did not want to do a clean install and screw up months of work,
especially"
I am merely answering your question re the clean install part, as you stated
that you DON'T want to do it.
--
Mad Mike
"Dan (the newbie)" wrote:
I'd be more than happy to do a clean install on a new partition so long as I
had 64-bit media which I lack.
I may be a newbie but I ain't stupid.
I had several questions regarding the DVDs I received from Microsoft that
have not yet been answered. Could someone please answer my questions?
Thanks?
"Mick Murphy" wrote in message
...
One thing you should know, is that if you go from 32bit to 64bit, you have
to
do it by clean install.
So, be prepared to have to save your Data, and reinstall Programs.
--
Mad Mike
"Dan (the newbie)" wrote:
Hi,
I'm posting this question to relevant newsgroups, I hope you don't mind.
I subscribed to the alternative media program and I do not yet what to
make
of the six DVD set that I received from Microsoft. I had hoped to order
the
64-bit media but something got screwed up and they sent me 32-bit media
and
the DVDs were dated 2007. Was this a clearance sale? SP1 was on a
separate
DVD. A more useful product would have SP1 incorporated into the install
DVD.
When I tried to run the install DVD from Vista, it told me that I could
not
do an upgrade because the version of Vista that I was running was more
recent that the version on the DVD. I subscribe to Vista update loyally.
I
did not want to do a clean install and screw up months of work,
especially
when I really wanted 64-bit media. I had a look at the other four DVDs.
They
all contain folders labeled 'Sources' and one humungous SWM install file.
My
copy of Vista does not know what to do with these compressed SWM files
and I
cannot Google anything.
Can someone please resolve my puzzlement? Did I receive anything of value
from Microsoft? Do I have any entitlement to 64-bit media?
Thanks.
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