Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 11th Sep 2006 17:45 UTC
Paul Thurrot (you know!) has published part 3 of his review of Vista RC1. This part focuses on upgrading to Vista from XP. "As with compatibility, the upgrade scenario appears to be another big win for Windows Vista. Granted, I've only upgraded one system. But it was a wonderfully real-world system, full of all kinds of crud. Yes, it's early yet: I will wait at least a few more days before declaring this a total victory; but so far so good."
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2006-01-09
Any OS upgrade REQUIRES a full proper backup of ALL user data.
And once you have done that you might as well do a clean install which, lets face it, will have a more predictably reliable result.
As for the XP to VISTA transition ... new kernel, new configuration infrastructure and new file system: this is more than an upgrade.
Frankly, if the time comes and someone else is paying: I will buy a fresh hard drive ... or some such. That way, at least I can rollback and be productive.