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[pokemon246.com]

Hi People, I bought a Lenovo 3000 N100 Laptop Running Windows XP, A few months Ago and I now want to Upgrade it to Vista..
On Lenovos Website it said that to Express Upgrade to Windows Vista, the system must be Purchased between October 26, 2006 through March 15, 2007,
But i had Purchased my laptop, long time before October 26th

So, is there any other way of Upgrading to vista?, Like Removing XP and Installing Vista?

[Davehc]

I think that message might be referring to a free upgrade, otherwise its nonsense. Certainly you can do as you suggest, but why don't you partition (leave about min 15 , or better, 20 gigs for Vista) and install Vista as a dual boot until you have experimented with it and found out a few features? It will automatically setup the dual boot for you.

[Znod]

Originally Posted by pokemon246.com

Hi People, I bought a Lenovo 3000 N100 Laptop Running Windows XP, A few months Ago and I now want to Upgrade it to Vista..
On Lenovos Website it said that to Express Upgrade to Windows Vista, the system must be Purchased between October 26, 2006 through March 15, 2007,
But i had Purchased my laptop, long time before October 26th

So, is there any other way of Upgrading to vista?, Like Removing XP and Installing Vista?

Welcome.

The Express Upgrade Program simply allows you to obtain Vista usually for free (and install it using the upgrade procedure). You still can obtain Vista by buying the version of Vista you want to install even if you are not eligible for the upgrade program. I assume you understand that Vista has not yet been released to the public for sale.

And, I am wondering if you are using "upgrade" in two different senses or perhaps are confused about the upgrade program versus the upgrade process. One would upgrade from XP to Vista by installing Vista via its DVD after starting up from XP. This process is the upgrade process. The alternative is to do a clean install which involves wiping your drive clean by formatting it and, thus, removing XP before installing Vista cleanly (i.e., onto an empty drive).

[felix8406]

Originally Posted by pokemon246.com

Hi People, I bought a Lenovo 3000 N100 Laptop Running Windows XP, A few months Ago and I now want to Upgrade it to Vista..
On Lenovos Website it said that to Express Upgrade to Windows Vista, the system must be Purchased between October 26, 2006 through March 15, 2007,
But i had Purchased my laptop, long time before October 26th

So, is there any other way of Upgrading to vista?, Like Removing XP and Installing Vista?

Like Znod explained, yes you should be able to upgrade from XP to Vista, and no, you won’t be able to take advantage of Microsoft free or almost free upgrade program. But do verify with your reseller or your laptop manufacture; you have nothing to loose with asking them. You’ll never know, they might decide to offer a special price on Vista.
However, you should check your PC specification to make sure your laptop can run Vista with the features you would like to run. For example, a Vista capable PC needs 512MB of Ram, but that just the minimum of RAM recommended, which translate into the low end spectrum in regards to performance. Another thing is to verify whether or not your graphics card can take advantage of Vista AERO.
My suggestion to you is, before you go out to get Vista, first find out whether or not your laptop has what it takes to run this new OS and take full advantage of its new features. If it doesn’t, at least to me, it’s not worth the investment…it would basically be just like running XP.