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i want to reformat my laptop. it originally had xp but i upgraded to vista
home premium, if i reformat, can i use the vista upgrade again? on the box it
says one installation on one pc. anyone shed any light for me :)
 
An upgrade Windows Vista license means you have to have
a qualifying older version of Windows installed in order to
have a valid license. If you were to reformat your hard drive,
then you need to install Windows XP, then perform an upgrade
to Windows Vista.

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows Desktop Experience -
Windows Vista Enthusiast

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"sammi" <sammi@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:0A782A29-FBE2-4E79-9465-4A1F11086282@microsoft.com...
i want to reformat my laptop. it originally had xp but i upgraded to vista
home premium, if i reformat, can i use the vista upgrade again? on the box it
says one installation on one pc. anyone shed any light for me :)
 
"sammi" <sammi@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:0A782A29-FBE2-4E79-9465-4A1F11086282@microsoft.com...
>i want to reformat my laptop. it originally had xp but i upgraded to vista
> home premium, if i reformat, can i use the vista upgrade again? on the box it
> says one installation on one pc. anyone shed any light for me :)


The reference to one installation means you are only allowed to run Vista on one
computer at a time. You can reinstall on the same computer as many times as you
want.

On a side note, odds are that when you go to activate your new installation of
Vista you'll be told that your CD key is already in use. Simply use the phone
option to activate.

Another thing to keep in mind is that since an Upgrade license is a retail
version, as opposed to OEM, you can move it to another computer as long as you
remove it from the computer it was installed on previously.

Good luck

Nepatsfan
 
ok, so if i was to return my laptop to factory settings, would that still
qualify? :)

"Carey Frisch [MVP]" wrote:

> An upgrade Windows Vista license means you have to have
> a qualifying older version of Windows installed in order to
> have a valid license. If you were to reformat your hard drive,
> then you need to install Windows XP, then perform an upgrade
> to Windows Vista.
>
> --
> Carey Frisch
> Microsoft MVP
> Windows Desktop Experience -
> Windows Vista Enthusiast
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------
>
> "sammi" <sammi@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:0A782A29-FBE2-4E79-9465-4A1F11086282@microsoft.com...
> i want to reformat my laptop. it originally had xp but i upgraded to vista
> home premium, if i reformat, can i use the vista upgrade again? on the box it
> says one installation on one pc. anyone shed any light for me :)
>
 
Yes.

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows Desktop Experience -
Windows Vista Enthusiast

---------------------------------------------------------------

"sammi" <sammi@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:B0DD95C4-1486-4A08-A4D8-965F764EDC50@microsoft.com...
ok, so if i was to return my laptop to factory settings, would that still
qualify? :)

"Carey Frisch [MVP]" wrote:

> An upgrade Windows Vista license means you have to have
> a qualifying older version of Windows installed in order to
> have a valid license. If you were to reformat your hard drive,
> then you need to install Windows XP, then perform an upgrade
> to Windows Vista.
>
> --
> Carey Frisch
> Microsoft MVP
> Windows Desktop Experience -
> Windows Vista Enthusiast
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------
>
> "sammi" <sammi@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:0A782A29-FBE2-4E79-9465-4A1F11086282@microsoft.com...
> i want to reformat my laptop. it originally had xp but i upgraded to vista
> home premium, if i reformat, can i use the vista upgrade again? on the box it
> says one installation on one pc. anyone shed any light for me :)
>
 
thank you for ur help. x

"Carey Frisch [MVP]" wrote:

> Yes.
>
> --
> Carey Frisch
> Microsoft MVP
> Windows Desktop Experience -
> Windows Vista Enthusiast
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------
>
> "sammi" <sammi@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:B0DD95C4-1486-4A08-A4D8-965F764EDC50@microsoft.com...
> ok, so if i was to return my laptop to factory settings, would that still
> qualify? :)
>
> "Carey Frisch [MVP]" wrote:
>
> > An upgrade Windows Vista license means you have to have
> > a qualifying older version of Windows installed in order to
> > have a valid license. If you were to reformat your hard drive,
> > then you need to install Windows XP, then perform an upgrade
> > to Windows Vista.
> >
> > --
> > Carey Frisch
> > Microsoft MVP
> > Windows Desktop Experience -
> > Windows Vista Enthusiast
> >
> > ---------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > "sammi" <sammi@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:0A782A29-FBE2-4E79-9465-4A1F11086282@microsoft.com...
> > i want to reformat my laptop. it originally had xp but i upgraded to vista
> > home premium, if i reformat, can i use the vista upgrade again? on the box it
> > says one installation on one pc. anyone shed any light for me :)
> >
>
 
sammi wrote:
> ok, so if i was to return my laptop to factory settings, would that
> still qualify? :)
>

Yes, but if something goes amiss, you can always buy a retail copy of Vista.
No biggie.

Except for the unique drivers necessary for your laptop.
 
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