# Microsoft Vista Upgrade vs. Full

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/microsoft-vista-upgrade-vs-full/215160>\
**Category:** random\
**Created:** [February 5, 2007, 1:28am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/microsoft-vista-upgrade-vs-full/215160 "2007-02-05T01:28:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![telekinesis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b5ac83/32.png) [@telekinesis](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/telekinesis)\
**Post date:** [February 5, 2007, 1:28am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/microsoft-vista-upgrade-vs-full/215160/1 "2007-02-05T01:28:03Z")

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I currently am running Windows XP Media Center on my Sony Vaio. I want to get Vista, but I don’t really feel like paying for the full version price if I don’t have to. I know I am eligible to upgrade, but I am afraid that if I don’t get the full version then Vista installed through upgrade will keep all the “garbage” left over from my XP Media Center. Does the Vista upgrade do a fresh install that gets rid of 100% of the previous OS? Or is it just the full version that would do this.