More details on upgrading to Windows Vista

Microsoft has just released more details about how upgrading to Windows Vista from Windows XP or Windows 2000 will be handeled. There will be two ways to upgrade and which one you can choose will be based on your current setup.

The two possible paths are: In-place install (upgrade) in which you keep all your settings, apps, and data in place; and clean install in which you will have to backup all your data as Vista will take over the hard drive and wipe it out.

It seems that if you have one of the special versions of XP, or Windows 2000, you will have to go through a clean install, but it actually gets a little more complicated than that. You can learn about what you will have to do, if you choose install Windows Vista, by visiting the Windows Vista: Upgrade Planning website.