Unable to install upgrade windows 98se to XP

[dscabrera]

ON the desktop at work I'm using windows 98SE installed,
while running the XP INstallation, setup aborts with this
message,"Setup can not find a previous version of Windows
installed on your computer . setup needs to verify that
you qualify to use this upgrade product.

The PC is in an Office run by volunteers, the person who
burchased the PC and operated it, died a year ago. I'm
almost convinced that he upgraded it to Windows 98se, but
not a clean installation. And I can not find the 98se
disk anywhere in the office.
I ran Norton Utilities Systems configuration and it
reported that it has installed Windows 4.10 (build 2222
a) DOS 7.10.
The PC with Windows 98SE runs fine, clould it be that
Windows 98se was not registered, and if we do not have
the Disk, is it possible to unistall 98SE and get it back
to Windows 98? maybe then I can install XP.

Any help you can give me is much apprecieted.

Mingo C.

 

[tweeker]

If you have an NT disk around, place it in your CD ROM and
point there when upgrading. XP will then recognize the OS
and install.

 

[Malke]

If you have an NT disk around, place it in your CD ROM and
point there when upgrading. XP will then recognize the OS
and install.

No, this is very simple. You have the XP Upgrade version. All Upgrade
versions will ask for qualifying media when you start the installation.
You need to put in a Win9x or ME operating system cd so the XP
installation "knows" you are allowed to upgrade; i.e., you already own
a previous MS operating system. If you've lost the original Win98,
technically you're going to have to buy the full version of XP. Or you
could find a friend with a Win98 disk to pop in for the two minutes it
will be required. But I didn't say that.

Malke