upgrading from 98 to xp

[neal]

i have formated my harddrive. the question is do i have to
reinstall windows 98 to install xp upgrade version?

[Silly You]

"neal" > wrote in message =
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> i have formated my harddrive. the question is do i have to=20
> reinstall windows 98 to install xp upgrade version?

No, you can do a full install with the disk, but you will need to place =
the 98 disk in when prompted as proof of a previous qualifying Windows =
OS, then replace the XP CD back in to continue with the install.

[M. Rajesh]

Hi,

If you have only the upgrade Cd then u need to reinstall
98. but if u have the full version then u can ignore 98
and install XP directly.

REgards
M. Rajesh
>-----Original Message-----
>i have formated my harddrive. the question is do i have
to
>reinstall windows 98 to install xp upgrade version?
>.
>

[neal]

>-----Original Message-----
>
>"neal" > wrote in message
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>> i have formated my harddrive. the question is do i have
to
>> reinstall windows 98 to install xp upgrade version?
>
>No, you can do a full install with the disk, but you will
need to place the 98 disk in when prompted as proof of a
previous qualifying Windows OS, then replace the XP CD
back in to continue with the install.
>.
>silly,
the only thing is my cd-rom doesn't detect the winxp cd
but will detect the 98 disk

[Bruce Chambers]

Greetings --

It is possible to perform a clean installation using an Upgrade
CD.

Simply boot from the WinXP Upgrade CD. You'll be offered the
opportunity to delete, create, and format partitions as part of the
installation process. The Upgrade CD checks to see if a qualifying OS
is installed, and, if it finds none, it asks you to insert the
installation media (CD) of that OS. Unfortunately, an OEM
"Recovery/Restore" CD will not work for this purpose; you must have a
true installation CD, complete with the "\Win98" folder and *.cab
files, or the "\i386" folder of WinNT/2K.

Alternatively, or especially if all you have is an OEM Recovery CD
for the earlier OS, you can even start the upgrade from within the
current Win98/Me/NT/2K installation, and still elect to perform a
clean installation, to include formatting the drive. In this case,
there's no further request for the qualifying OS's installation CD,
because the installation routing "remembers" that you started from
within the qualifying OS. This process is more time-consuming, but
you get the same results: a clean installation of WinXP.


Bruce Chambers

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"neal" > wrote in message
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> i have formated my harddrive. the question is do i have to
> reinstall windows 98 to install xp upgrade version?

[Silly You]

"neal" > wrote in message =
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> >-----Original Message-----
> >
> >"neal" > wrote in message=20
> ...
> >> i have formated my harddrive. the question is do i have=20
> to=20
> >> reinstall windows 98 to install xp upgrade version?
> >
> >No, you can do a full install with the disk, but you will=20
> need to place the 98 disk in when prompted as proof of a=20
> previous qualifying Windows OS, then replace the XP CD=20
> back in to continue with the install.
> >.
> >silly,
> the only thing is my cd-rom doesn't detect the winxp cd=20
> but will detect the 98 disk

To save you the hassle, go here;

http://michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html

This has graphics of what your screen will show when installing XP (even =
using the upgrade disk). This will save (probably) many questions you =
may need to ask again.

[neal]

thanks, will look there.
>-----Original Message-----
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>"neal" > wrote in message
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>>
>> >-----Original Message-----
>> >
>> >"neal" > wrote in message
>> ...
>> >> i have formated my harddrive. the question is do i
have
>> to
>> >> reinstall windows 98 to install xp upgrade version?
>> >
>> >No, you can do a full install with the disk, but you
will
>> need to place the 98 disk in when prompted as proof of
a
>> previous qualifying Windows OS, then replace the XP CD
>> back in to continue with the install.
>> >.
>> >silly,
>> the only thing is my cd-rom doesn't detect the winxp cd
>> but will detect the 98 disk
>
>To save you the hassle, go here;
>
>http://michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html
>
>This has graphics of what your screen will show when
installing XP (even using the upgrade disk). This will
save (probably) many questions you may need to ask again.
>.
>