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So, if this installation ends up being a keeper, don??™t put this
step off, lest you risk making the data on your hard disk
more-or-less inaccessible.
A few pages later, you??™ll be asked ???Which type of installation do you
want?,??? at which point you can select Upgrade or Custom (advanced). The
Upgrade option is only available if you install Vista from within a previous
version of Windows, as described later in this chapter. So, click Custom
(advanced) to advance to the ???Where do you want to install Windows????
page, and then click the Drive options link to reveal the partition editor
shown in Figure 1-2. See Chapter 5 for more information on partitions and
the tools included with Vista to manage them.
Figure 1-1. From this page, click ???Install now??? to begin setup, or ???Repair your computer???
to use the repair tools explained in Chapter 6
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If the hard disk is clean, and you want to use the entire hard disk for your
Vista installation, just click Next to proceed. Otherwise, use Delete to wipe
out any existing partitions??”as well as the data on them (warning: there??™s no
undo here)??”and New to create new partitions on the drive.
Follow the screens to complete setup. If setup crashes along the way, or
Vista won??™t boot after you??™re done, see ???Potential Problems During Setup,???
later in this chapter.
Install clean with only an upgrade disc
So you thought you??™d save a little money by purchasing the ???upgrade??? version
of Vista, but now you find yourself in a bit of a jam.
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