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Will Vista Installation Reformat my Drive?

by marc.bills Jan 9, 2008 1:00PM PST

I have windows XP MCE at the moment.
I if i install windows Vista Ultimate x64 on my pc, will it reformat my hard drive? or will all my stuff still be in there?

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Vista 64 needs a clean install

by anmor Jan 9, 2008 1:25PM PST

you will need to backup all that you don't want to lose.
You should be doing that anyway.

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