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I have a friend willing to give me a Dell cd that is a 64bit version of Vista home Premium.

The disk is an "Express Upgrade"

Would I a be able to use it? It has the pretty sticker and my friend hasnt installed it yet.

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Are you absolutely sure it's 64 bit?? Because Vista 64 requires clean install and not upgradable from any other OS.

Now, You *can* upgrade 32 bit XP to 32 bit Vista.

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very good point.

SO other than the 32bit v 64bit, its a real thing?

Yes - It is possible to upgrade XP to Vista in place.

(1) RUN THE MICROSOFT UPGRADE ADVISOR and fix *everything* it tells you to.

(2) Seeing as that CD comes from Dell, I'd be a little wary about it being somehow keyed to look for an existing Dell licence.

(3) RUN THE MICROSOFT UPGRADE ADVISOR and fix *everything* it tells you to. Doing that can save you a lot of potential headaches.

(4) Back up your data AND PRINT COPIES OF ANY LICENSE KEYS you may have.

(5) ....and don't forget the upgrade advisor. Take it's advice seriously.

I wouldn't recommend buying an upgrade might as well get the full retail version for another dollar or two

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