need to uninstall xp and put on vista

rhodyate

i have a laptop and i want to get rid of xp pro and install vista. the pc originally from dell had vista basic on it, then my mate wanted xp on it. now ive bought the laptop of him i want vista back on it, i have the vista disc that came with the laptop. do i just uninstall xp, or do i have to format the pc. any help would be great.

spakkker

Why do you need vista?
Laptops are short on resources compared to a desktop and vista is resource demanding.
Did you know about windows 7? The next microsoft dollar-making product that has been brought forward to 2009 because vesta is carp?

rdpro

your best bet is to delete the xp partition after booting from the Vista cd, and starting from scratch.

(I'd take xp over Vista any day imho)

rhodyate

the xp partition? sorry im not very tech minded. so i put in the vista disc then uninstall xp? the reason i dont want the xp is because it aint a legal copy. i have vista on another laptop and it seems ok to me.

rdpro

when you run the vista from the CD at bootup (select 'Boot Menu' - usually an F key like F12 - at the BIOS screen), it loads various files then it will display the area of the hard drive where XP is installed. You can select that area (the partition) and delete it, then create a new one for Vista to be installed in.

sco0ter

rhodyate wrote: »

i have a laptop and i want to get rid of xp pro and install vista. the pc originally from dell had vista basic on it, then my mate wanted xp on it. now ive bought the laptop of him i want vista back on it, i have the vista disc that came with the laptop. do i just uninstall xp, or do i have to format the pc. any help would be great.

Have you tried Dells restore procedure to reinstall VISTA???