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Old April 9th 09, 05:18 AM posted to microsoft.public.windows.vista.general,microsoft.public.windows.vista.installation_setup,microsoft.public.windows.vista.hardware_devices
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Default Is there a way to install Vista on an old PC that has no DVDdrives?

On 4/8/2009 10:07 PM PT, Gary M typed:

If your old computer already has a Windows operating system installed
then you should be able to run the setup from within the running
Windows. Just copy the files from the disk (via your network as you
mentioned) onto your internal hard drive, or a usb memory key if you
have a large enough one and run the setup from there.


Doesn't that only do an upgrade over the OS? I remember Vista over XP
only did upgrade and not a clean install.
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