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If i install vista will all my programs that were on xp be on vista, if not cani install them and games, like battlefield 2 and age of empires 3, also i have a secondary hard drive for data storage, will i still be able to get data from it after the installation or will i have to reformat it? cheers hynesy_dave

If it is an upgrade, they will be available.
You will be able to get to your storage drive easily.
Dustin Harper
"hynesy_dave" wrote in message

If i install vista will all my programs that were on xp be on vista, if not cani install them and games, like battlefield 2 and age of empires 3, also i have a secondary hard drive for data storage, will i still be able to get data from it after the installation or will i have to reformat it? cheers hynesy_dave

Yes, you can browse the contents of other drive just as long as you did not encrypt the contents or put any permissions on the drive. -- -- Andre Windows Connected | http://www.windowsconnected.com Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta
"hynesy_dave" wrote in message

If i install vista will all my programs that were on xp be on vista, if not cani install them and games, like battlefield 2 and age of empires 3, also i have a secondary hard drive for data storage, will i still be able to get data from it after the installation or will i have to reformat it? cheers hynesy_dave

awesome thanks, this answered exactly what i needed to know cheers
"Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" wrote:

Yes, you can browse the contents of other drive just as long as you did not encrypt the contents or put any permissions on the drive. -- -- Andre Windows Connected | http://www.windowsconnected.com Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta
"hynesy_dave" wrote in message If i install vista will all my programs that were on xp be on vista, if not cani install them and games, like battlefield 2 and age of empires 3, also i have a secondary hard drive for data storage, will i still be able to get data from it after the installation or will i have to reformat it? cheers hynesy_dave

You are hynesy_dave, happy testing. :) -- -- Andre Windows Connected | http://www.windowsconnected.com Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta
"hynesy_dave" wrote in message

awesome thanks, this answered exactly what i needed to know cheers
"Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" wrote:
Yes, you can browse the contents of other drive just as long as you did not encrypt the contents or put any permissions on the drive. -- -- Andre Windows Connected | http://www.windowsconnected.com Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta
"hynesy_dave" wrote in message If i install vista will all my programs that were on xp be on vista, if not cani install them and games, like battlefield 2 and age of empires 3, also i have a secondary hard drive for data storage, will i still be able to get data from it after the installation or will i have to reformat it? cheers hynesy_dave

If i install vista will all my programs that were on xp be on vista, if not cani install them and games, like battlefield 2 and age of empires 3, also i have a secondary hard drive for data storage, will i still be able to get data from it after the installation or will i have to reformat it? cheers hynesy_dave

DON'T reformat. Start, right click on Computer, explorer - to see the files.
Battlefield will run OK - Finally. I had to reinstall twice but it finally started working Great!! Encountered a problem with EA Downloader once. It now runs at least as fast as in XP Run Battelfield as Admininistrator Don't run as XP This worked for me. Vista build 5384, ATI X1900XTX, 2GB Ram
"hynesy_dave" wrote:

If i install vista will all my programs that were on xp be on vista, if not cani install them and games, like battlefield 2 and age of empires 3, also i have a secondary hard drive for data storage, will i still be able to get data from it after the installation or will i have to reformat it? cheers hynesy_dave