Clean Install


I have read a couple of articles that the upgrade version of Vista will not allow a clean install.

Just thinking.... my hard drive dies, I have no backup and installed the Vista upgrade version. No problem, just install Vista on a new hard drive. Oops... Vista upgrade will not clean install!

Day one: dig around to find my Windows XP disk and CD key. Install XP on the new drive and re-validate XP.

Day two: dig around to find a Service Pack 2 disk. Install SP2 on Windows XP and hope no more later updates are need to install Vista.

Day three: upgrade XP to Vista and tweak Vista to my personal settings and make sure all my drivers are working.

Three days later I now have Vista re-installed. This is a hypothetical case, I don't even have Vista installed, and if I keep thinking like this I may never install Vista.