Upgrade ME to XP?

[Julie D.]

>-----Original Message-----
>I have been told by lots of people NOT to upgrade from
ME
>to XP without formatting my hard disk first (I have a
full
>XP disk to use). As a relative novice I can back up
>everything but am concerned once I format the hard disk
>then I have nothing to boot up with so how do I then
>install XP?
>
>This will probably sound a bit stupid to clever computer
>people but having never done anything like this and
having
>serached Microsoft Help without success I would
appreciate
>any help anyone can give.
>
>Thanks
>
>Dom
>.
>you already have the drivers installed with ME for the
upgrade. Boot to your CD/R as first boot, restart and
press a key quickly at the "Press Any Key" command.
Follow the prompts onscreen, get a cup of coffee and the
installation should take about 35 min. or so.
Good luck.
Lockergnomie

[Kadaitcha Man]

Julie D. wrote:
>> -----Original Message-----
>> I have been told by lots of people NOT to upgrade from ME
>> to XP without formatting my hard disk first (I have a full
>> XP disk to use). As a relative novice I can back up
>> everything but am concerned once I format the hard disk
>> then I have nothing to boot up with so how do I then
>> install XP?
>>
>> This will probably sound a bit stupid to clever computer
>> people but having never done anything like this and having
>> serached Microsoft Help without success I would appreciate
>> any help anyone can give.
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Dom
>> .
>> you already have the drivers installed with ME for the
> upgrade. Boot to your CD/R as first boot, restart and
> press a key quickly at the "Press Any Key" command.
> Follow the prompts onscreen, get a cup of coffee and the
> installation should take about 35 min. or so.
> Good luck.
> Lockergnomie


And that answers his question how, you cloth-eared bint?

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