Windows XP Home Edition - Install

[Ted Bobic]

I will be installing Windows XP Home Edition Upgrade on a brand new
computer.

I also have all previous versions of Windows Upgrades all the way back to
the original Windows 3.1 on diskette.

I have Windows ME Upgrade, Windows 98 Second Edition, Windows 98 Upgrade and
Windows 95 Upgrade.

How far back do I need to have available to install on a new computer.

 

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi Ted,

You only need one prior version of Windows to qualify, you can use any of
these: W95, W98, W98SE, or WME.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

 

[Malke]

I will be installing Windows XP Home Edition Upgrade on a brand new
computer.

I also have all previous versions of Windows Upgrades all the way back
to the original Windows 3.1 on diskette.

I have Windows ME Upgrade, Windows 98 Second Edition, Windows 98
Upgrade and Windows 95 Upgrade.

How far back do I need to have available to install on a new computer.

Here you go:

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/home/upgrading/matrix.mspx

I assume you know that there will be no problem installing an upgrade
version on a clean hard drive; the installation will ask for qualifying
media early on. You just put in the cd for your older os and go from
there.

Malke

 

[Al Smith]

I will be installing Windows XP Home Edition Upgrade on a brand new

computer.

I also have all previous versions of Windows Upgrades all the way back to
the original Windows 3.1 on diskette.

I have Windows ME Upgrade, Windows 98 Second Edition, Windows 98 Upgrade and
Windows 95 Upgrade.

How far back do I need to have available to install on a new computer.

What? No DOS floppies? You're screwed, dude.

Naw, just kiddin' ya. All you need is one CD with a genuine
Microsoft OS on it. Your W98 SE disk should do fine. That's if
you're installing to a blank, formatted drive. If you've already
got a version of Windows on the computer, that should work without
the need for a Windows CD.

Ha. I almost sound as if I know what I'm talking about, don't I?

 

[Alex Nichol]

I will be installing Windows XP Home Edition Upgrade on a brand new
computer.

I also have all previous versions of Windows Upgrades all the way back to
the original Windows 3.1 on diskette.

I have Windows ME Upgrade, Windows 98 Second Edition, Windows 98 Upgrade and
Windows 95 Upgrade.

Any of those will do as 'evidence' for a clean install of XP, provided
they are 'retail' CDs with a Win9? folder of .cab files, and not a
'recovery' OEM one. Of them I would suggest Win98 SE as the most useful
if you want to keep a 'second string' system around for the moment;
though you would need the 95 or original 98 CD as 'evidence' if you
wanted to install *that*