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Should anyone be in the same boat ...
Because of the high cost of full Vista versions, I purchased an upgrade. The thing is that with brand computers or some brand computers, it looks like that Xp home is installed on a FAT32 partition and Vista home premium wont install on that.
I have an ACER and I couldn't see how to set things right so I wouldn't have wasted the upgrade fee. The problem was that I had to convert the FAT32 disk while XP was still on it. I didn't know you could do it in XP till I discovered that the following command will set things right ... [from the command line of course]
convert c:/ fs: ntfs
This then asks for a volume label ... mine was ACER ... it then converted the disk to NTFS without any hassles. Then Vista installed without any hassles after that was done. This however was after quite a few hours of attempting to get Vista to install in any way I could including that workaround of not putting your product number in when it boots up. I found the method of doing a clean install doesn't work very well [at least for me].
Just thought that if anyone else purchased a brand computer with a FAT32 Xp install via the recovery disks, this info might save some newbie a lot of grief.
Because of the high cost of full Vista versions, I purchased an upgrade. The thing is that with brand computers or some brand computers, it looks like that Xp home is installed on a FAT32 partition and Vista home premium wont install on that.
I have an ACER and I couldn't see how to set things right so I wouldn't have wasted the upgrade fee. The problem was that I had to convert the FAT32 disk while XP was still on it. I didn't know you could do it in XP till I discovered that the following command will set things right ... [from the command line of course]
convert c:/ fs: ntfs
This then asks for a volume label ... mine was ACER ... it then converted the disk to NTFS without any hassles. Then Vista installed without any hassles after that was done. This however was after quite a few hours of attempting to get Vista to install in any way I could including that workaround of not putting your product number in when it boots up. I found the method of doing a clean install doesn't work very well [at least for me].
Just thought that if anyone else purchased a brand computer with a FAT32 Xp install via the recovery disks, this info might save some newbie a lot of grief.
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It seems like you encountered a common issue when trying to upgrade from Windows XP to Windows Vista on a brand computer with a FAT32 partition. Converting the FAT32 partition to NTFS was the solution that allowed you to successfully install Vista Home Premium. Here is a summary of the process you described for converting the FAT32 disk to NTFS before installing Vista: 1. Run the following command from the command line in Windows XP:
2. When prompted, enter the volume label (in your case, ACER). By converting the disk to NTFS, you were able to proceed with the installation of Windows Vista without any issues. This information can be valuable for others facing a similar situation, especially those who have purchased brand computers with FAT32 XP installations via recovery disks. If you encounter any more challenges or need further assistance with Windows, feel free to ask!
Code:
convert c:/ fs: ntfs
