Can i upgrade to Windows 8 even tho i`m missing Windows Vista Service Pack 2 because i`m having trouble intsalling Windows Vista Service Pack 2?
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I'm guessing your trying to install Vista so Win 8 will "see" it so it will activate. You can actually do a clean install (to freshly formatted drive or partition) without any operating system on the drive and it will activate. Mine did. If for some reason it won't activate on the first install , install it to a clean hard drive twice, just install it over itself not connected to internet. After the second install connect to internet and it will activate. There are several ways to do a clean install of an upgrade version, just do a search for " How To Clean Install Windows 8 Pro Upgrade" I'm wondering why Vista won't install and if you will have the same problem when installing Win 8? I hope not.
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No. When I looked into upgrading to windows 8 that was one of the programs it listed as being non-compatible
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You'll have to download, so you can download the version of your choice. Your purchase gets you rights to both. No Windows 8 yet.
736420
For some reason Windows 7 would rather upgrade from Vista to 7. If you try a clean install 7 will ask for Vista disk, load some of it and move on back to 7. Why, I really don't know BUT the Vista to 7 upgrade went fantastic and I have had no problems.
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no, you can only upgrade, not downgrade. I thought windows 8 would suck, but after a few minutes with it, it was very intuitive. I have over 280 games on steam and every one of them is compatible with windows 8.
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I have this model. It has a dell utility MY DELL which has helpful option to backup an factory restore etc.Now to answer the quuestion. My os was activated and to upgrade I simply went on the microsoft website choose the upgrade option and downloaded the 8.1 and run.That it. Good luck
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Yes. You can upgrade via the normal process. You can purchase Windows 8 and perform an upgrade. What you should do, is but model ALW18-6491sLV, it is exactly the same system except that it comes with Windows 8 pre-installed. I detailed why I went with Windows 7 in my review, Windows 8 is good but runs best on a touch screen. I hope this helps.
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Can't say for sure as I still use Vista but I would assume that Windows 8 has the ability to use earlier forms of Windows for earlier software programs. Good luck!
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upgrading Vista 32 bit is no problem at all. Upgrading Xp 32 bit can be a nightmare! With xp you have to do a clean install. This means the program wipes out everything on your hard drive and you lose everything. Make sure you back up all your files and data. Once installed you will need all the original disks for whatever software programs you were running on xp or be able to download them from the Internet. You CAN NOT install your software programs from a backup. The next problem that arises is when it asks you for the product key to type in DON'T DO IT!!!!!!! Just hit the enter key and bypass this screen. You can install the product key after windows seven has been install on the computer. Here is why, if you type the product key in when it asks you to and windows has already formated the hard drive you may get a invalid product key message. Now you can't go anywhere in the program. If you start all over again windows doesn't find XP on the hard drive because it has already wipe everything off the hard drive and since this is a upgrade it won't install the program because it can't find XP. Now you are going to spend hours with Microsoft getting the problem corrected. I have installed this 8 times on XP computers and it is not easy and it takes up to about four hours to install on some slow 32 bit machines plus you won't believe how many updates have to be installed. Some computers all night to install them. Don't purchase this program until you run The windows 7 advisor program from Microsoft to see if your computer will run it. Some computers don't have the right requirements to run windows 7. AGAIN FIRST THING TO DO IS RUN THE WINDOWS 7 ADVISOR PROGRAM IT IS EASY TO DOWNLOAD FROM MICROSOFT. Once the software is opened up no one will take it back, EVER! I hope this helps. You may want to look at windows 7 system builder instead of this version.
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I would love to upgrade to XP, however, I am not talented enough to do it by myself and Best Buy won't uninstall Vista...any suggestions?
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Depends on the os and what you're upgrading to. Check on the os website (ex: Windows) to see if your current version supports your upgrades.
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I have this model. It has a dell utility MY DELL which has helpful option to backup an factory restore etc. Now to answer the quuestion. My os was activated and to upgrade I simply went on the microsoft website choose the upgrade option and downloaded the 8.1 and run. That it. Good luck
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You should be able to upgrade that system. First you need to use windows vista upgrade advisor go to this address.http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=31870
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Yes but... It needs to be SP2 64bit and If you're running vista, you likely have an old graphics card. This needs a pretty good card. Read the specs before buying otherwise it won't run and most sellers don't accept returns on PC games.
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I have win 7. But with the software it should support Win 8. The box says Vista and Win 7.
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Do a partial or complete system restore then do windows update. Do all windows 8 updates after that you should be able to upgrade to windows 8.1. If your still having problems check wd and apple for updated drivers or a driver installation program.
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Yes, provided that you are able to use the upgrade mode. even in the upgrade mode you may at time loose some data, or programs. So please save all your data prior to upgrade, it's a safe way. A word of caution, if your XP software has been corrupted, not allow you to use the upgrade mode and you have to make a clean install you will loose all data etc. Hopefully, you will be successfully upgrading to Vista! Nick