Clean install for Win Xp Pro Ugrade Ed

[Michael]

When you install Win Xp Pro Upgrade. It checks your
computer for a previous version first. Does the previous
version have to be installed on the harddrive or can you
just put the cd in a second cd drive.

Thanks

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi Michael,

See if my response in windowsxp.newusers helps.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone
www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
Win98 Help - www.rickrogers.org

"Michael" > wrote in message =
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> When you install Win Xp Pro Upgrade. It checks your
> computer for a previous version first. Does the previous
> version have to be installed on the harddrive or can you
> just put the cd in a second cd drive.
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> Thanks
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[GC]

CD in the drive is all you need when asked.
"Michael" > wrote in message
...
> When you install Win Xp Pro Upgrade. It checks your
> computer for a previous version first. Does the previous
> version have to be installed on the harddrive or can you
> just put the cd in a second cd drive.
>
> Thanks
>
>

[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.

HOW TO Prepare to Upgrade Win98 or WinMe
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q316639


Bruce Chambers

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"Michael" > wrote in message
...
> When you install Win Xp Pro Upgrade. It checks your
> computer for a previous version first. Does the previous
> version have to be installed on the harddrive or can you
> just put the cd in a second cd drive.
>
> Thanks
>
>