Help! How 2 replace the Vista Home Premium ... ... Is there anyway to replace the Vista Home Premium image that is stored in the Dell Recovery partition with a ...

aztekrulzz · 05-03-2008, 07:11 AM

Is there anyway to replace the Vista Home Premium image that is stored in the Dell Recovery partition with a Vista Ultimate image, my XPS shipped with Vista Home Premium, but now I have upgraded to Vista Ultimate, is there anyway to do it?

Thanks

qhn · 05-12-2008, 07:05 AM

couple interesting related articles:
. http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms853101.aspx
. http://technet2.microsoft.com/Window....mspx?mfr=true

cheers ...

sRc · 05-13-2008, 09:08 AM

check out my thread here as well for some more information: http://www.notebookforums.com/thread214725.html

once you make the image, the file is stored in the recovery partition as Factory.wim. if you're keeping the recovery partition, just replace that file with your new image and youre golden

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aztekrulzz Registered User Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 5 Credits: 222	Help! How 2 replace the Vista Home Premium Image (wim) with Vista Ultimate (Dell XPS) Is there anyway to replace the Vista Home Premium image that is stored in the Dell Recovery partition with a Vista Ultimate image, my XPS shipped with Vista Home Premium, but now I have upgraded to Vista Ultimate, is there anyway to do it? Thanks

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qhn Registered User Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 20,059 Reviews: 8 Benchmarks: 18 Credits: 54,654	couple interesting related articles: . http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms853101.aspx . http://technet2.microsoft.com/Window....mspx?mfr=true cheers ... __________________ m6805@3700; SZ71WN/C ; Macbook 2ghz/4gig/250gb/superdrive; 7811FX are u Folding@Home? - Firefox Beta - MediaPortal "the" Media Centre/HTPC!

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sRc We Do It Live! Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 41,179 Reviews: 2 Benchmarks: 12 Credits: 16,479	check out my thread here as well for some more information: http://www.notebookforums.com/thread214725.html once you make the image, the file is stored in the recovery partition as Factory.wim. if you're keeping the recovery partition, just replace that file with your new image and youre golden __________________ 'Give to us clear vision that we may know where to stand and what to stand for--because unless we stand for something, we shall fall for anything.'- Peter Marshall 'I listened, motionless and still; And, as I mounted up the hill, The music in my heart I bore, Long after it was heard no more.'William Wordsworth

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