Upgrade to Windows XP Using Windows 95 or Compaq Restore CD

[Gary]

Can I upgrade to Windows XP Home Edition using an old Windows 95 disk?
The Microsoft site doesn't list 95 as a valid version for the upgrade
rate.

If not, can I use that silly "restore CD" that I received when I
bought my Compaq computer in 2001? It has Win 98SE on it, but also
has all of the other useless programs that come along with a mass
produced, chain store computer.

FWIW, I plan on performing a "clean" installation.

Thanks,

Gary

[Nicholas]

Windows XP Clean Install:=20
http://www.winsupersite.com/showcase/windowsxp_sg_clean.asp


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Nicholas

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"Gary" > wrote in message: =20
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| Can I upgrade to Windows XP Home Edition using an old Windows 95 disk?
| The Microsoft site doesn't list 95 as a valid version for the upgrade
| rate.
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| If not, can I use that silly "restore CD" that I received when I
| bought my Compaq computer in 2001? It has Win 98SE on it, but also
| has all of the other useless programs that come along with a mass
| produced, chain store computer.
|=20
| FWIW, I plan on performing a "clean" installation.
|=20
| Thanks,
|=20
| Gary

[Nicholas]

Windows XP Clean Install:=20
http://www.winsupersite.com/showcase/windowsxp_sg_clean.asp


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Nicholas

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"Gary" > wrote in message: =20
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| Can I upgrade to Windows XP Home Edition using an old Windows 95 disk?
| The Microsoft site doesn't list 95 as a valid version for the upgrade
| rate.
|=20
| If not, can I use that silly "restore CD" that I received when I
| bought my Compaq computer in 2001? It has Win 98SE on it, but also
| has all of the other useless programs that come along with a mass
| produced, chain store computer.
|=20
| FWIW, I plan on performing a "clean" installation.
|=20
| Thanks,
|=20
| Gary

[Ken Blake]

"Gary" > wrote in message
om...

> Can I upgrade to Windows XP Home Edition using an old Windows
95 disk?
> The Microsoft site doesn't list 95 as a valid version for the
upgrade
> rate.


You can't upgrade over the top of a Windows 95 installation, but
you *can* do a clean installation of XP and use a Windows 95 CD
as proof of ownership of a prior qualifying version.

--
Ken Blake
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[Ken Blake]

"Gary" > wrote in message
om...

> Can I upgrade to Windows XP Home Edition using an old Windows
95 disk?
> The Microsoft site doesn't list 95 as a valid version for the
upgrade
> rate.


You can't upgrade over the top of a Windows 95 installation, but
you *can* do a clean installation of XP and use a Windows 95 CD
as proof of ownership of a prior qualifying version.

--
Ken Blake
Please reply to the newsgroup

[Ron Martell]

(Gary) wrote:

>Can I upgrade to Windows XP Home Edition using an old Windows 95 disk?
> The Microsoft site doesn't list 95 as a valid version for the upgrade
>rate.
>
>If not, can I use that silly "restore CD" that I received when I
>bought my Compaq computer in 2001? It has Win 98SE on it, but also
>has all of the other useless programs that come along with a mass
>produced, chain store computer.
>
>FWIW, I plan on performing a "clean" installation.
>
>Thanks,
>
>Gary

"Restore" disks of any type will seldom work for doing a clean install of
the upgrade version.


Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
--
Microsoft MVP
On-Line Help Computer Service
http://onlinehelp.bc.ca

"The reason computer chips are so small is computers don't eat much."