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Will i need to format
Name: gmanych Date: August 22, 2006 at 22:35:01 Pacific OS: windows xp CPU/Ram: 2.6 celeron, 768 Mb Product: optima
Comment:
Hi, I am downloading Wondows Vista BEta 2 and i was wondering on instalation will i need to format?
Name: BurrWalnut Date: August 23, 2006 at 05:44:21 Pacific
Reply:
It's preferable, as a clean installation of Beta 2 behaves better than an upgrade.
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Response Number 2
Name: birdlegs Date: August 23, 2006 at 12:47:07 Pacific
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Two cents worth: If you are thinking about formating the HDD or partition that contains your primary OS I would advise against it. Vista is still Beta and as such is still having some problems. Your system may not be able to run vista correctly so you could end up not having an OS. What most do is a clean install on a separate partition or another HDD and dual boot.
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Response Number 3
Name: per Date: August 26, 2006 at 10:49:55 Pacific
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