How to upgrade windows xp 32 to Vista 64bit. Please help.

[playa1]

Hi, I recently purchased windows 64bit ultimate and can't install. I have an alienware ALX computer which I purchased a couple years back. I am a newbie at this, seriously need help or my vista ultimate will be useless. Please help!

Specs:


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ASUS P5N32SLISEDEL 2.02 G

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CORE 2 DUO EXTREME 2.93GHZ X6800 4M CACHE 1066MHZ

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PDP 1GB DDR2 LOW LATENCY PC-6400 AW96

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SEAGATE 500GB SATA 3G 7200RPM 16MB CACHE NCQ FIRMWARE 3.AAH

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SAMSUNG SPINPOINT 250GB SATA 3G NCQ

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LACIE 16X DUAL LAYER DVD±R/W DRIVE W/ LIGHTSCRIBE REV.2

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ASUS P5N32-SLI DELUXE INTEGRATED AUDIO

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EVGA NVIDIA GEFORCE 7900 GTX 512MB PCI-E REV. 1

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AGEIA PHYSICS PROCESSING UNIT (PPU)

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MICROSOFT WINDOWS XP MCE 2005 COA

 

[ronss]

might take a look at this link
http://www.petri.co.il/install_windows_vista.htm

 

[playa1]

Thanks I will take a look...

 

[Zoron]

Upgrade isn't an option... you must clean install. The Vista setup will back up your current user files in a folder called Windows.old. However, it's still a really good idea to back everything up before proceeding. There is no upgrade path from 32 to 64-bit.

 

[playa1]

I see. I tried doing a clean install and vista won't start up, it just freezes.

You think it has something to do with my hardware? Should I format the drive? This is so time consuming.

And now I think I f'ed up my Blu ray drive. I get this I/O device error

Thanks for the reply.