A lot of the testers out there report that some XP drivers and registry entries get left behind with the upgrade. I guess they are "purists" - they want a clean install with nothing left behind. And some are reporting the BSOD on an upgrade, then they have to buy the full version and do a clean install. I suspect that they probably had issues to begin with. I know my machine did not like it when I wanted to upgrade from XP MCE to Professional. Had to clean the drive and do a fresh install of MCE. I am planning on getting Vista from Dell (since that is where I bought my PC last year) and doing what you say. Back everything up, wipe my drive, re-install XP then upgrade to Vista. More work but hey, at least I know I have a pretty clean install.
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