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[Solved] How Do I Completely Uninstall Vista From My System?

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ckaz   11-02-2009 at 01:21:54 AM

I recently bought a brand new windows 7, and I would like to install it. The catch is it isn't an upgrade (please don't tell me that I could have bought an upgrade, because I know, and I didn't), so I need to wipe clean vista from my system, and start fresh. I have everything that I want backed up, so I suppose I need to wipe my whole hard drive clean to be able to install a new OS. I thought maybe to insert my vista installation CD, but it didn't give me an option to delete it, so I'm not really sure what to do. Btw, its Vista Home Premium 64bit that I am installing, and Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit that I am installing.

There isn't much more to my question, but to reiterate, I am asking how to completely remove Vista from my system.

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I haven't installed Windows 7 yet, but in previous versions, you should just be able to boot from the Disc, then format the drive from there.
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TheViper   11-02-2009 at 01:59:27 AM

The drive will be overwritten by Windows 7 during installation.

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ohiou_grad_06   11-02-2009 at 03:06:36 AM
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I haven't installed Windows 7 yet, but in previous versions, you should just be able to boot from the Disc, then format the drive from there.

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xxnideoo   11-07-2009 at 08:54:56 AM

Just insert the Windows XP bootable disk and boot using it. Then tell the Windows XP setup to format everything and install Windows XP

Make sure you take any backup of personal data before you do this

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