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XP to Vista Partition Help Please

Discussion in 'Windows OS' started by weslstan, Nov 12, 2007.

  1. weslstan Newcomer, in training Posts: 83

    OK so here it is.

    I am currently running XP with 1 250gb hard drive (126gb Used Space)

    I want to upgrade to Vista, I already have it on disc and ready to go so thats not a problem. What I wanted to know, is it possible for me to partition my c drive into 2 seperate drives, install vista on the new drive and then after vista is installed move all 126gb from Old drive on XP over to vista?

    The reason Is i want to keep all my files and havent got a external hard drive to put them and would rather do a clean install of vista as oppose to an upgrade.

    Thanks.
    weslstan, Nov 12, 2007
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  2. jobeard TS Ambassador Posts: 12,217   +120

    yes you can move your files this way, but not the applications.

    you will need to reinstall them from their orignal CDs or downloaded installer.exe
    jobeard, Nov 12, 2007
    #2

  3. weslstan Newcomer, in training Posts: 83

    Same with games?
    weslstan, Nov 12, 2007
    #3

  4. jobeard TS Ambassador Posts: 12,217   +120

    a game is an application isn't it?
    jobeard, Nov 12, 2007
    #4
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