From Windows XP to Windows Vista

[litlwoman]

Do I have to remove windows xp in order to upgrade to windows vista? What about my ms offices 2003 programs? what will happen to them. I don't want to lose all of the files and work that I have done in the ms office 2003 programs and risk loosing them to vista 2007. Do you feel me......?

[vev_pro]

my opiniona is that plzzzzzzzz dont update vista over xp.becoz if u didnt like the feel of vista(like me!!)u cant spring back to xp.so what u do is dual boot between xp &vista so that if u didnt like vista u can format that partition alone.

[tomo123321v2]

completly wipe ur hdd. this is a realy good toolhttp://dban.sourceforge.net/

then just do a clean install of vista by booting form the dvd, it works so much better having a fresh hhd =P

why you bothered about loosing ms 2003 if you have purchased it. surely you have the disc =p. or has someone been naughty (wink wink)

[DaveC2003]

MS Office 2003 is compatible with Vista so that shouldn't be a problem. If you had Office 2007 then you can go to Microsoft's website and download the Office Compatibility Pack and that will get your files working.

[Thor1160]

1) Upgrading from xp to vista = bad idea
2) Vistas great when you DONT UPGRADE TO IT. Vista is the point where you buy a new pc (not from staples though)

[Thor1160]

oh and another thing -- why bother with MS office ANYTHING when you could go to openoffice.org and get the whole office thing for free?

[Monty007]

Originally Posted by Thor1160

1) Upgrading from xp to vista = bad idea
2) Vistas great when you DONT UPGRADE TO IT. Vista is the point where you buy a new pc (not from staples though)

Ah Thor you do bring a smile to my face