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Originally Posted by rustydog From what I have read, all of this is going to be a 'clean install' using the Basic Upgrade retail disk. |
You need to understand though that a clean install, in your case, would be starting your Vista installation from within Win XP. This will do away with your Win XP Professional license, which is really, in my opinion, a bad choice, but everyone has their reasons.
The link Crabby described is a walk-around so you can keep your Win XP license. Another good choice is to run Vista Basic as dualboot with XP. This will provide you a chance to compare both OS and help you make a better decision on whether or not you want to stick with Vista Basic. Boot from the Vista DVD and install it on a separate partition, this will 30-days to try it.