Upgrade and Migration Paths
Table 1 describes the Windows Vista upgrade and migration paths. As shown in the table, performing an in-place upgrade from Windows XP with Service Pack 2 (SP2) or later to Windows Vista is supported. Using Windows Easy Transfer to migrate user state data from Windows 2000 with SP4 or later to Windows Vista is supported. However, upgrading or migrating user state data from Microsoft Windows 98 to Windows Vista is not supported.
Table 1. Upgrade and Migration Paths
From |
Upgrade to Windows Vista |
Migrate to Windows Vista using Windows Easy Transfer |
Migrate to Windows Vista using USMT |
Migrate to Windows XP with SP2 using USMT |
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Microsoft Windows 95 |
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Windows 98 |
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Windows 98 Second Edition (SE) |
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Microsoft Windows NT® 4.0 |
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Windows 2000 with SP4 or later |
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Windows XP with SP2 or later |
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Windows Vista |
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= supported; = not supported
Note Windows XP x64 cannot be upgraded to Windows Vista x64.
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