Installation

[Adam]

>-----Original Message-----
>I bought Windows XP Home Upgrade the other day, and i
>bought Windows 98SE full install a couple years ago, if i
>do not have windows 98se installed, can i make a fresh
>install with my upgrade cd, by proving i bought windows
>98se, or does the install actually use files in win98se,
>therefore making it necessary to have win98se installed
>when installing winxp ... question's kind of complicated
>but its basically ... can i make a fresh install with thw
>windows xp home upgrade CD if i own windows 98, but don't
>have it installed?
>thanks
>ted
>.

no its not possible, and if you can figure out how to get
your xp to completely load... let me know. I have yet to
see windows upgrade xp load onto any computer.
>

[Ken Blake]

In , Adam wrote:

>> -----Original Message-----
>> I bought Windows XP Home Upgrade the other day, and i
>> bought Windows 98SE full install a couple years ago, if i
>> do not have windows 98se installed, can i make a fresh
>> install with my upgrade cd, by proving i bought windows
>> 98se, or does the install actually use files in win98se,
>> therefore making it necessary to have win98se installed
>> when installing winxp ... question's kind of complicated
>> but its basically ... can i make a fresh install with thw
>> windows xp home upgrade CD if i own windows 98, but don't
>> have it installed?
>> thanks
>> ted
>> .
>
> no its not possible, and if you can figure out how to get
> your xp to completely load... let me know. I have yet to
> see windows upgrade xp load onto any computer.


Sorry, but that reply is completely wrong. As I said in another
message in this thread, "The requirement is to *own* a previous
qualifying version, not to have it installed."

This is true, not just of Windows XP Upgrades, but of upgrades of
all versions of Windows as far back as I can remember.

--
Ken Blake
Please reply to the newsgroup

[DennisLazo.com]

and that goes for office too, if i may. :-)


"Ken Blake" > wrote in message
...
> In , Adam wrote:
>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> I bought Windows XP Home Upgrade the other day, and i
> >> bought Windows 98SE full install a couple years ago, if i
> >> do not have windows 98se installed, can i make a fresh
> >> install with my upgrade cd, by proving i bought windows
> >> 98se, or does the install actually use files in win98se,
> >> therefore making it necessary to have win98se installed
> >> when installing winxp ... question's kind of complicated
> >> but its basically ... can i make a fresh install with thw
> >> windows xp home upgrade CD if i own windows 98, but don't
> >> have it installed?
> >> thanks
> >> ted
> >> .
> >
> > no its not possible, and if you can figure out how to get
> > your xp to completely load... let me know. I have yet to
> > see windows upgrade xp load onto any computer.
>
>
> Sorry, but that reply is completely wrong. As I said in another
> message in this thread, "The requirement is to *own* a previous
> qualifying version, not to have it installed."
>
> This is true, not just of Windows XP Upgrades, but of upgrades of
> all versions of Windows as far back as I can remember.
>
> --
> Ken Blake
> Please reply to the newsgroup
>
>