Best methods for Performing PT Upgrades?

[cruisemates]

I am new to the upgrade business, but I want to go from 6.7 to 6.9.

Question...

When upgrading from one version of PT to a newer one, what is the best overall procedure?
Should one uninstall all applications (except XP) and start from scratch? Most importantly, are there any other tricks we should know?

[RolandK]

There will be a detailed explanation of the install procedure in the download section. I've done a bunch of upgrades and I believe you delete the previous version of PTLE, but it should say.

[cruisemates]

Well...

I just did the upgrade from 6.1 to 6.4 and I didn't find the actual upgrade guide to be much help at all. It didn't even say to delete the previous version.

What I am looking for is people here who done a few upgrades and experimented with a few different approaches who may be able to shed some light on the process beyond what the basic guide tells us.

Thank you.

[jonah day]

Just upgraded from 5.1.1.3 to 6.4 (001) - did a clean install from the 6.4 CD and it works a treat. Didn't have to go through the upgrade path either, just straight to 6.4. Don't know if that's the same with higher upgrades though.

[albee1952]

Evidently 6.9 has to see the 6.7 install to proceed. Funny as the next thing it does is tell you to uninstall 6.7. I plan on cloning my entire 6.7 drive to a spare drive and do the 6.9 update on that. Any problems-I'll just put my working 6.7 drive back in and go. I have done every major upgrade this way(not cs updates) and it has paid off in a big way. With 80gig drives at $50 after rebates, I keep 3 on hand. A fully working 6.4 setup, my 6.7 drive in the machine and a cloned 6.7 drive for the next upgrade(6.9).