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Win Xp upgrade prerequisites
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 |
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Win Xp upgrade prerequisites
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As long as it is a retail or generic OEM disk, you can just insert it in = the CD drive for the compliance check. There is no reason it needs to be = installed. The exception to this rule is the "System Restore" disk often = included with many store-bought systems, these are in a proprietary = image format and are not recognizable by the compliance check. They = would need to be installed first. --=20 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 = ... When you install Win Xp Pro Upgrade. It checks your=20 computer for a previous version first. Does the previous=20 version have to be installed on the harddrive or can you=20 just put the cd in a second cd drive. =20 Thanks |
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Win Xp upgrade prerequisites
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"Rick "Nutcase" Rogers" wrote in message ... Hi, As long as it is a retail or generic OEM disk, you can just insert it in the CD drive for the compliance check. There is no reason it needs to be installed. The exception to this rule is the "System Restore" disk often included with many store-bought systems, these are in a proprietary image format and are not recognizable by the compliance check. They would need to be installed first. -- 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 ... 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 |
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