I'm currently running a new-ish PC with XP Home. I'd like to upgrade to Vista 64, mostly for the better memory management (I have 4GB and may get more). I've done lots of googling and article reading but a few questions remain.
I realize that it's not possible to "upgrade" from XP 32-bit to Vista 64-bit; you need to do a clean install. Would this necessitate formatting my hard drive or installing to a new blank drive? I would think so since Vista 64 uses a different file system than NTFS, but nothing I've read explicitly states this, usually just "back up your important files and do a clean install."
Let's say I got a new hard drive and did a clean install of Vista 64-bit to this new drive. Would my old XP drive with NTFS still be readable by Vista 64?
If it was readable, I'd migrate the important contents of the NTFS drive to the new drive (documents, FLAC and videos, etc). Then I would format the drive XP was on, using the new file system. Then I would re-fill it with the stuff I had moved. Is there anything wrong with that plan?
Thanks for any help.
I realize that it's not possible to "upgrade" from XP 32-bit to Vista 64-bit; you need to do a clean install. Would this necessitate formatting my hard drive or installing to a new blank drive? I would think so since Vista 64 uses a different file system than NTFS, but nothing I've read explicitly states this, usually just "back up your important files and do a clean install."
Let's say I got a new hard drive and did a clean install of Vista 64-bit to this new drive. Would my old XP drive with NTFS still be readable by Vista 64?
If it was readable, I'd migrate the important contents of the NTFS drive to the new drive (documents, FLAC and videos, etc). Then I would format the drive XP was on, using the new file system. Then I would re-fill it with the stuff I had moved. Is there anything wrong with that plan?
Thanks for any help.