Upgrading trial to full.

I have been running trial version of Windows XP 64 for a few months now and I
don't have any problems with my hardware, drivers, and so forth.

I plan on buying the full version tomorrow.

Can I upgrade the trial to the full version without wiping out the hard
drive and my data?

If so, what steps do I need to do.

Thanks

Rick
Fri Dec 02 05:18:00 CST 2005

It has been reported here that you can insert the CD while booted into
Win x64 and then do an "upgrade." If, for some reason, that doesn't
work, then you can do a "Repair Install" after booting from the CD and
proceeding through the setup to where you have to select the hard drive
to install to. Just make sure you have SATA and/or RAID drivers on a
floppy disk if they are needed.


Allenb wrote:
> I have been running trial version of Windows XP 64 for a few months now and I
> don't have any problems with my hardware, drivers, and so forth.
>
> I plan on buying the full version tomorrow.
>
> Can I upgrade the trial to the full version without wiping out the hard
> drive and my data?
>
> If so, what steps do I need to do.
>
> Thanks

Andre
Fri Dec 02 07:08:33 CST 2005

Remember to choose Repair after accepting the F8 License agreement.
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"Allenb" <Allenb@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I have been running trial version of Windows XP 64 for a few months now and
>I
> don't have any problems with my hardware, drivers, and so forth.
>
> I plan on buying the full version tomorrow.
>
> Can I upgrade the trial to the full version without wiping out the hard
> drive and my data?
>
> If so, what steps do I need to do.
>
> Thanks

Ronb
Fri Dec 02 08:20:02 CST 2005

This is great but will someone please tell me how i can post a message, I
cant find the way in!!! Sorry if Ibutted into your thread...
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Best wishes


"Allenb" wrote:

> I have been running trial version of Windows XP 64 for a few months now and I
> don't have any problems with my hardware, drivers, and so forth.
>
> I plan on buying the full version tomorrow.
>
> Can I upgrade the trial to the full version without wiping out the hard
> drive and my data?
>
> If so, what steps do I need to do.
>
> Thanks

Dennis
Fri Dec 02 08:31:53 CST 2005

That's what worked for me. I ran the OEM disk from within Windows, selected
the upgrade option, and was done in 15 minutes. Activated on first boot.
Everything intact.


"Rick" <Rick@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> It has been reported here that you can insert the CD while booted into
> Win x64 and then do an "upgrade." If, for some reason, that doesn't
> work, then you can do a "Repair Install" after booting from the CD and
> proceeding through the setup to where you have to select the hard drive
> to install to. Just make sure you have SATA and/or RAID drivers on a
> floppy disk if they are needed.
>
>
>

Andre
Fri Dec 02 08:43:16 CST 2005

What are you using the web based ng or a dedicated news group reader such as
Outlook Express?
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"Ronb" <Ronb@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> This is great but will someone please tell me how i can post a message, I
> cant find the way in!!! Sorry if Ibutted into your thread...
> --
> Best wishes
>
>
> "Allenb" wrote:
>
>> I have been running trial version of Windows XP 64 for a few months now
>> and I
>> don't have any problems with my hardware, drivers, and so forth.
>>
>> I plan on buying the full version tomorrow.
>>
>> Can I upgrade the trial to the full version without wiping out the hard
>> drive and my data?
>>
>> If so, what steps do I need to do.
>>
>> Thanks

Charlie
Fri Dec 02 12:33:31 CST 2005

Yes, and this has the advantage of not needing floppy drivers. A repair
install may require them.

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Dennis Gordon wrote:
> That's what worked for me. I ran the OEM disk from within Windows,
> selected the upgrade option, and was done in 15 minutes. Activated on
> first boot. Everything intact.
>
>
> "Rick" <Rick@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:uWIlOIz9FHA.1484@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
>> It has been reported here that you can insert the CD while booted into
>> Win x64 and then do an "upgrade." If, for some reason, that doesn't
>> work, then you can do a "Repair Install" after booting from the CD and
>> proceeding through the setup to where you have to select the hard drive
>> to install to. Just make sure you have SATA and/or RAID drivers on a
>> floppy disk if they are needed.