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Windows Forum / Windows Vista / Setup and Deployment / May 2008Clean install
I purchased a new PC and would now like to give my old PC to my nephew. It had been upgraded from XP to Vista. I did a clean install with Vista and deleted the windows.old folder which was taking up space but the computer isn't as fast as it would be if I had formatted the drive before the install. Can that be done with a Vista Upgrade disc or am I required to buy the full program? Fred S;706882 Wrote: > I purchased a new PC and would now like to give my old PC to my nephew. > It [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > full > program? Hi Fred, Yes it can be done. This tutorial will show you how to do a clean install with a upgrade version of Vista. http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/68767-clean-install-upgrade-vista.html Shawn  SignatureBrink *There are no dumb questions, just the people that do not ask them.* '*VISTA FORUMS*' (http://www.vistax64.com) *Please post feedback to help others.* Fantastic, Brink. I printed both then tutorial and the 'disk cleanup in Vista' instructions and will work oin it shortly and hopefully my nephew will gain the beefit of your knowldge. When I did the upgrade from within Windows and didn't see an option to format the drive I should have stopped and come to the Forum then. I guess my brain missed that part. It would have saved me several hours of work which are now wasted. Well, not wasted - I did learn something important. Again many thanks. Fred > Fred S;706882 Wrote: > > I purchased a new PC and would now like to give my old PC to my nephew. [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > > Shawn Hi Brink, New problem. I adjusted the boot sequence but the machine won't boot from the CD/DVD drive presumably because it is an external drive attached via USB cable. I saw a 'test media failure' message flash by when it started with this drive 1st in the boot sequence. Any suggestions on a workaround? Thanks, Fred > Fantastic, Brink. I printed both then tutorial and the 'disk cleanup in > Vista' instructions and will work oin it shortly and hopefully my nephew will [quoted text clipped - 29 lines] > > > > Shawn Fred S;707197 Wrote: > Hi Brink, > [quoted text clipped - 27 lines] > > > > > > "Brink" wrote: Fred, Check in the BIOS for options to enable the differnet USB options (Ex: At Boot, Legacy, etc..) and enabled them. Hope this helps, Shawn SignatureBrink *There are no dumb questions, just the people that do not ask them.* '*VISTA FORUMS*' (http://www.vistax64.com) *Please post feedback to help others.* > Fred S;707197 Wrote: > > Hi Brink, [quoted text clipped - 36 lines] > Hope this helps, > Shawn Hi Shawn, The Legacy USB Support was already enabled and there are no other USB options. The boot sequence is: removable device, A, hard drive, ATAPI CD-ROM. I even tried putting ATAPI 1st but of course that failed as the CD/DVD drive isn't IDE. During bootup the LED on the CD/DVD drive flashes but it won't start the installation. Any other thoughts on this? If not, do you think it would be worthwhile doing another clean install from within Windows? Thanks, Fred > Fred S;707197 Wrote: > > Hi Brink, [quoted text clipped - 36 lines] > Hope this helps, > Shawn Hi Shawn, The Legacy USB Support was already enabled and there are no other USB options. The boot sequence is: removable device, A, hard drive, ATAPI CD-ROM. I even tried putting ATAPI 1st but of course that failed as the CD/DVD drive isn't IDE. During bootup the LED on the CD/DVD drive flashes but it won't start the installation. Any other thoughts on this? If not, do you think it would be worthwhile doing another clean install from within Windows? Thanks, Fred Fred S;707348 Wrote: > > > Fred S;707197 Wrote: > > > [quoted text clipped - 32 lines] > > > '*VISTA FORUMS*' (http://www.vistax64.com) > > > *Please post feedback to help others.* Fred, Well you would think that it would work with "Removable Device" selected first in the boot order. Does the USB CD/DVD drive have a power switch that needs to be turned on? You could run the installation again from within Vista and select to delete everything. If you do not have to much on there, you could just uninstall/delete what you do not want on the computer for you nephew and create him a new administrator account with his user name and delete your user account from within his. That way you would not have to reinstall everything again. Hope this helps, Shawn SignatureBrink *There are no dumb questions, just the people that do not ask them.* '*VISTA FORUMS*' (http://www.vistax64.com) *Please post feedback to help others.* > Fred S;707348 Wrote: > > > > [quoted text clipped - 50 lines] > Hope this helps, > Shawn Shawn, Yep - I too thought that "Removable Device" would work. I guess it's possible that during bootup the system only recognizes IDE devices. I will do the clean install again the way you have suggested. Fortunately I did not install any software for him - that will be his job. I know he bought Norton Antivirus 2008 which we will install when he has the computer. Many thanks for all the help. Fred Fred S;707392 Wrote: > > > Fred S;707348 Wrote: > > > [quoted text clipped - 39 lines] > > > '*VISTA FORUMS*' (http://www.vistax64.com) > > > *Please post feedback to help others.* Your welcome Fred. I hope your nephew likes the computer. Shawn SignatureBrink *There are no dumb questions, just the people that do not ask them.* '*VISTA FORUMS*' (http://www.vistax64.com) *Please post feedback to help others.* |
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