UPGRADING TO WINDOWS XP

[RICHARD BEMIS]

I currently have a WIN 98SE operating system and am
considering upgrading to WIN XP Home Edition Upgrade.

I have the following CDs:
1. OEM version of WIN 95
2. WIN 98 upgrade with its product key #
3. WIN 98 SE upgrade with its product key #

Will any or all of these CDs qualify me to purchase the
WIN XP Home Edition Upgrade?

I suspect my present computer has some corruption in its
software. I would like to change to pin connections on my
present C drive to convert it from master to slave.
Install a new C hard drive (as a master)and install the
WIN XP Home Edition Upgrade on this new drive. Will this
approch work?

Does the WIN XP Home Edition Upgrade contain all of the
WIN XP software, and just require reference to WIN 98 SE
CD or program on the now slave D drive to qualify the
upgrade status; or does it actually use some of the WIN 98
SE software?

[Michael Stevens]

RICHARD BEMIS wrote:
> I currently have a WIN 98SE operating system and am
> considering upgrading to WIN XP Home Edition Upgrade.
>
> I have the following CDs:
> 1. OEM version of WIN 95
> 2. WIN 98 upgrade with its product key #
> 3. WIN 98 SE upgrade with its product key #
>
> Will any or all of these CDs qualify me to purchase the
> WIN XP Home Edition Upgrade?
>
> I suspect my present computer has some corruption in its
> software. I would like to change to pin connections on my
> present C drive to convert it from master to slave.
> Install a new C hard drive (as a master)and install the
> WIN XP Home Edition Upgrade on this new drive. Will this
> approch work?
>
> Does the WIN XP Home Edition Upgrade contain all of the
> WIN XP software, and just require reference to WIN 98 SE
> CD or program on the now slave D drive to qualify the
> upgrade status; or does it actually use some of the WIN 98
> SE software?

All will qualify and you don't have to have any of them install to do a
clean install.
For upgrading to XP Home or Pro, see the links below.
Copy and paste the links below into the address of your web browser.
http://aumha.org/a/xpupgrad.htm
XP Upgrade
http://www.winsupersite.com/showcase/windowsxp_sg_2kupgrade.asp
http://www.winsupersite.com/showcase/windowsxp_sg_9xupgrade.asp
See the link below for steps on performing a Clean Install.
http://michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html
Known problems with XP upgrades.
http://michaelstevenstech.com/xpupgdissues.html
Known Problems with Clean installs.
http://www.labmice.net/WindowsXP/Install/installbugs.htm

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[Michael Stevens]

RICHARD BEMIS wrote:
> I currently have a WIN 98SE operating system and am
> considering upgrading to WIN XP Home Edition Upgrade.
>
> I have the following CDs:
> 1. OEM version of WIN 95
> 2. WIN 98 upgrade with its product key #
> 3. WIN 98 SE upgrade with its product key #
>
> Will any or all of these CDs qualify me to purchase the
> WIN XP Home Edition Upgrade?
>
> I suspect my present computer has some corruption in its
> software. I would like to change to pin connections on my
> present C drive to convert it from master to slave.
> Install a new C hard drive (as a master)and install the
> WIN XP Home Edition Upgrade on this new drive. Will this
> approch work?
>
> Does the WIN XP Home Edition Upgrade contain all of the
> WIN XP software, and just require reference to WIN 98 SE
> CD or program on the now slave D drive to qualify the
> upgrade status; or does it actually use some of the WIN 98
> SE software?

All will qualify and you don't have to have any of them install to do a
clean install.
For upgrading to XP Home or Pro, see the links below.
Copy and paste the links below into the address of your web browser.
http://aumha.org/a/xpupgrad.htm
XP Upgrade
http://www.winsupersite.com/showcase/windowsxp_sg_2kupgrade.asp
http://www.winsupersite.com/showcase/windowsxp_sg_9xupgrade.asp
See the link below for steps on performing a Clean Install.
http://michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html
Known problems with XP upgrades.
http://michaelstevenstech.com/xpupgdissues.html
Known Problems with Clean installs.
http://www.labmice.net/WindowsXP/Install/installbugs.htm

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[Jim Macklin]

The original W95 disk qualifies, but you cannot do a upgrade
from W95. If you currently have W98 on the computer you can
do an upgrade install. To do a clean install you'll need to
use the W95 CD to show the install program you do have a
previous copy.

But as was said, if your computer dates back to the
1995-1998 time frame it may not be hardware compatible.
$500 today buys more than $5000 did back in the old days,
and if you buy a nice new computer you'll get a lot of RAM,
a big hard drive, a warranty, customer service and still
have a back-up computer for the kids and guests.


"Unknown" > wrote in message
.com...
| If your system dates back to to the Win95 days check to
see if your hardware
| is XP compatible. You may end up buying too much hardware
making a new
| system with current prices even cheaper.
| "RICHARD BEMIS" > wrote in
message
| ...
| > I currently have a WIN 98SE operating system and am
| > considering upgrading to WIN XP Home Edition Upgrade.
| >
| > I have the following CDs:
| > 1. OEM version of WIN 95
| > 2. WIN 98 upgrade with its product key #
| > 3. WIN 98 SE upgrade with its product key #
| >
| > Will any or all of these CDs qualify me to purchase the
| > WIN XP Home Edition Upgrade?
| >
| > I suspect my present computer has some corruption in its
| > software. I would like to change to pin connections on
my
| > present C drive to convert it from master to slave.
| > Install a new C hard drive (as a master)and install the
| > WIN XP Home Edition Upgrade on this new drive. Will
this
| > approch work?
| >
| > Does the WIN XP Home Edition Upgrade contain all of the
| > WIN XP software, and just require reference to WIN 98 SE
| > CD or program on the now slave D drive to qualify the
| > upgrade status; or does it actually use some of the WIN
98
| > SE software?
|
|

[Jim Macklin]

The original W95 disk qualifies, but you cannot do a upgrade
from W95. If you currently have W98 on the computer you can
do an upgrade install. To do a clean install you'll need to
use the W95 CD to show the install program you do have a
previous copy.

But as was said, if your computer dates back to the
1995-1998 time frame it may not be hardware compatible.
$500 today buys more than $5000 did back in the old days,
and if you buy a nice new computer you'll get a lot of RAM,
a big hard drive, a warranty, customer service and still
have a back-up computer for the kids and guests.


"Unknown" > wrote in message
.com...
| If your system dates back to to the Win95 days check to
see if your hardware
| is XP compatible. You may end up buying too much hardware
making a new
| system with current prices even cheaper.
| "RICHARD BEMIS" > wrote in
message
| ...
| > I currently have a WIN 98SE operating system and am
| > considering upgrading to WIN XP Home Edition Upgrade.
| >
| > I have the following CDs:
| > 1. OEM version of WIN 95
| > 2. WIN 98 upgrade with its product key #
| > 3. WIN 98 SE upgrade with its product key #
| >
| > Will any or all of these CDs qualify me to purchase the
| > WIN XP Home Edition Upgrade?
| >
| > I suspect my present computer has some corruption in its
| > software. I would like to change to pin connections on
my
| > present C drive to convert it from master to slave.
| > Install a new C hard drive (as a master)and install the
| > WIN XP Home Edition Upgrade on this new drive. Will
this
| > approch work?
| >
| > Does the WIN XP Home Edition Upgrade contain all of the
| > WIN XP software, and just require reference to WIN 98 SE
| > CD or program on the now slave D drive to qualify the
| > upgrade status; or does it actually use some of the WIN
98
| > SE software?
|
|

[Unknown]

If your system dates back to to the Win95 days check to see if your hardware
is XP compatible. You may end up buying too much hardware making a new
system with current prices even cheaper.
"RICHARD BEMIS" > wrote in message
...
> I currently have a WIN 98SE operating system and am
> considering upgrading to WIN XP Home Edition Upgrade.
>
> I have the following CDs:
> 1. OEM version of WIN 95
> 2. WIN 98 upgrade with its product key #
> 3. WIN 98 SE upgrade with its product key #
>
> Will any or all of these CDs qualify me to purchase the
> WIN XP Home Edition Upgrade?
>
> I suspect my present computer has some corruption in its
> software. I would like to change to pin connections on my
> present C drive to convert it from master to slave.
> Install a new C hard drive (as a master)and install the
> WIN XP Home Edition Upgrade on this new drive. Will this
> approch work?
>
> Does the WIN XP Home Edition Upgrade contain all of the
> WIN XP software, and just require reference to WIN 98 SE
> CD or program on the now slave D drive to qualify the
> upgrade status; or does it actually use some of the WIN 98
> SE software?

[Unknown]

If your system dates back to to the Win95 days check to see if your hardware
is XP compatible. You may end up buying too much hardware making a new
system with current prices even cheaper.
"RICHARD BEMIS" > wrote in message
...
> I currently have a WIN 98SE operating system and am
> considering upgrading to WIN XP Home Edition Upgrade.
>
> I have the following CDs:
> 1. OEM version of WIN 95
> 2. WIN 98 upgrade with its product key #
> 3. WIN 98 SE upgrade with its product key #
>
> Will any or all of these CDs qualify me to purchase the
> WIN XP Home Edition Upgrade?
>
> I suspect my present computer has some corruption in its
> software. I would like to change to pin connections on my
> present C drive to convert it from master to slave.
> Install a new C hard drive (as a master)and install the
> WIN XP Home Edition Upgrade on this new drive. Will this
> approch work?
>
> Does the WIN XP Home Edition Upgrade contain all of the
> WIN XP software, and just require reference to WIN 98 SE
> CD or program on the now slave D drive to qualify the
> upgrade status; or does it actually use some of the WIN 98
> SE software?