What happens for those who don't upgrade? Well, if any bugs are found after Tuesday, Microsoft won't be fixing them, though it will support antimalware signatures for XP through July 14, 2015. Best Malware Removal and Protection Software.I'd really like to try Vista but upgrade is unavailabe and I'm weary of doing a clean install. Which would wipe out the hard disk, erase Vista, and put XP right back on my system. To reinstall the specific drivers and apps for my system, I would of course need to use the Gateway DVD again. If I am not mistaken, a Vista clean install will wipe out all of the drivers and apps, leaving me with Windows Vista but no specific drivers (i.e. A few weeks ago Gateway sent me a restore DVD with all the applications and drivers (WinXP) specific to my exact PC model. I WOULD chose the clean install, but I'm afraid to try that. I don't know if this is part of the problem. I do not have them set up as dual boot however (never bothered learning how to do it). I do have two hard drives, both running XP. Multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT="Windows XP Media Center Edition" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect I was hoping someone here could:ĭefault=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS Looking at my boot.ini, I certainly can't tell if something's wrong or if there's a problematic entry. The problem is, the article becomes extremely vague in terms of telling me exactly what I should do. I attempted to solve the problem with the solution described in MS's article How to edit the Boot.ini file in Windows XP. I found the problem at Microsoft's Help Site. Try repairing the boot configuration, and then begin the installation again. Windows cannot determine if another operating system exists on your computer. Windows cannot determine if another operating system exists on your computer The upgrade option is unavailable (grayed out). Windows Vista Upgrade Advisor chose it as the best software for my system. Here's what's wrong: Purchased Vista Home Premium Upgrade today. I did extensive Googling but they almost all lead me to Miscrosoft's page which was little help.
Note: I searched for this answer on the forums but no luck.
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