Boot Question on XP Reinstall

M

marina

I believe I have all the info I need to to a clean reinstall of Windows XP
Home Upgrade, but I have one remaining question. My OEM OS on this machine
is Windows ME. To do a clean format and reinstall should I boot up from my
Windows ME boot floppy or from the Windows XP Home Upgrade CD? Will the
Upgrade CD reformat for me or do I need something to show ME was previously
on the computer? The instructions I've read on doing a reinstall have left
me confused!
 
X

Xandros

The XP Upgrade installer will do the trick for you. Choose the option to do
a clean install rather than upgrade ME.
 
P

Plato

=?Utf-8?B?bWFyaW5h?= said:
I believe I have all the info I need to to a clean reinstall of Windows XP
Home Upgrade, but I have one remaining question. My OEM OS on this machine
is Windows ME. To do a clean format and reinstall should I boot up from my
Windows ME boot floppy or from the Windows XP Home Upgrade CD? Will the
Upgrade CD reformat for me or do I need something to show ME was previously
on the computer? The instructions I've read on doing a reinstall have left
me confused!
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Boot from the XP cd.
 

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