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16-05-2007, 4:52 PM
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Vista upgrade or clean install?
Which one should I go for. I have just received my Vista Upgrade ( Almost 6 months after redeeming my voucher  ) I'm just wandering should I upgrade or do a clean install with the well known workaround, if it still works. What are the advantages of a clean install? Any help please as I want to do this ASAP.
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16-05-2007, 5:07 PM
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Re: Vista upgrade or clean install?
I'd say a clean install everytime, if you can.
It just gets rid of any clutter which is bound to be slowing your machine down.
It just depends how much important stuff you have and how carefully you go about backing it up first, IMO.
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16-05-2007, 9:11 PM
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Re: Vista upgrade or clean install?
a quick search would have found this thread from last week, which got quite heated on the pro's and con's, have a read and make up your own mind 
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16-05-2007, 9:57 PM
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Re: Vista upgrade or clean install?
Clean. Clean. Clean.
Everytime.
Hands down.
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17-05-2007, 12:58 AM
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Re: Vista upgrade or clean install?
Thanks for the advice guys. I went the clean and fresh route and it all seems fine.
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Microsoft or Sony? Games are games, turning a blind eye to the faults of a profit making business, and dismissing others in support of your own is at best blinkered and at worst cripplingly sad.
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17-05-2007, 8:46 AM
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Re: Vista upgrade or clean install?
Personally, I prefer clean install as well if possible. It means you can start afresh and avoid any software/hardwre incompatibility issues.
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17-05-2007, 5:38 PM
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Re: Vista upgrade or clean install?
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