from windows 98 se to windows xp professional

[L. T. Portella]

my pc has had windows 98 se for a couple of years. I want to install windows
xp professional. Any pointers will be deeply appreciated

[Michael Stevens]

L. T. Portella wrote:
> my pc has had windows 98 se for a couple of years. I want to install
> windows xp professional. Any pointers will be deeply appreciated
>

For upgrading to XP Home or Pro, see the links below.
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 MS-MVP XP

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[Peter Hutchison]

On Fri, 11 Jul 2003 03:45:17 GMT, "L. T. Portella"
> wrote:

>my pc has had windows 98 se for a couple of years. I want to install windows
>xp professional. Any pointers will be deeply appreciated

>
1. Always use the Upgrade Advisor tool when you insert your XP CD.
2. Backup all your data in case the upgrade goes wrong.
3. Uninstall any software the Advisor thinks is incompatible esp. CD
Writer and AntiVirus and some Disk tools
4. Make sure you have drivers for your hardware esp. h/w bought since
Oct '01
5. Good luck :-)

Peter Hutchison
Windows FAQ
http://www.pcguru.plus.com/