What will happen if I upgrade from Vista Basic to Vista Ultimate?

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zack126907

I am planning to upgrade to vista ultimate to take advantage of the windows media center. Is there any way to get the media center without the upgrade and will my external hard drive need to be reformatted causing me to lose everything once i upgrade???? Any help will be much appreciated. My computer is a Toshiba Tecra A6 with an Intel Duo Processor 1.83 GHz 1022 Mb RAM and a 32 bit operating system. Thanks for your help

Answer
Hey Zack-
The only way to get Windows Media Center is through Vista Home Pemium or Vista Ultimate- it is not available as a stand-alone download. Here is an article outlining some of the cool features you can take advantage of with Windows Media Center: http://lifehacker.com/software/hack-attack/turn-your-windows-pc-into-a-media-center-powerhouse-on-the-cheap-298408.php

Be sure to backup your data so that in the infrequent case something does go wrong you will still have your data available.

Cheers,
Jeff
Windows Outreach Team

can i replace a failing hard drive with an external one?

ttocs

my dell lattitude d420 netbook has a failing hard drive, can i replace it with an external one? OS and all? i have XP pro
i would like to do it while it still works;if i can replace it with external, how would i go about transfering my OS to it from the hard drive it has now.
i am still a beginner.

Answer
External as in to a USB hard drive? You can't unless you plan to tear open the external drive and swap heard drives with the laptop. But you can only do that if both drives are same connection method ( sata , pata). Easier to purchase a new one install it and clone the drive. You would need to purchase a USB to HDD adapter and the new drive. Try thishttp://lifehacker.com/5517688/how-to-upgrade-your-tiny-hard-drive-to-a-spacious-new-one-and-keep-your-data-intact

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