I bought a new PC in 2007 that came pre-installed with XP and a mail in process for getting an DVD upgrade to VISTA. After a year my HDD died
and I decided to install Vista (Business Edition) once I had replaced the HDD.
The installation went well, but when I attempt to activate my copy of VISTA I get the meessage that my copy of VISTA does not allow for a clean install, but only for an upgrade.
This is going on the same machine that I purchased it is just that the HDD has been replaced. Is there a soluton to this issue? I phoned Microsoft but after several calls to different numbers in what I presume is India, I cannot get them to understand my issue.
Thanks for any help