Installing Windows Vista

As of this writing, Windows 7 is the most current Windows version available and the one you will likely install in new situations. However, you may still need to install Windows Vista if, for example, it needs to be reinstalled on a machine or used as an upgrade over an older operating system. You can install Windows Vista on a machine as a clean install or upgrade the existing operating system to Vista.

Clean Install

There are two methods of running a clean installation. Clean installing Vista over a previous operating system results in the user’s data being moved to a folder call WINDOWS.OLD. The first option is to start the computer with the bootable Windows Vista DVD (CDs were available if you needed them) and begin ...

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