can "upgrade" do a clean install?

[TNF]

with the "Upgrade" version of XP...
I can do a clean install?

Or will it only install OVER my WinME... bringing all the
WinME problems with it?

 

[Guest]

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with the "Upgrade" version of XP...
I can do a clean install?

Or will it only install OVER my WinME... bringing all the
WinME problems with it?
.
yes

 

[Christopher L]

You sure can.

 

[Michael Stevens]

with the "Upgrade" version of XP...
I can do a clean install?

Or will it only install OVER my WinME... bringing all the
WinME problems with it?

Yes, if you have proper qualifying media, OEM restore disks will not
qualify.
You boot from the CD and do a clean install.
Click on or copy and paste the link below into your web browser address bar.
How to clean install XP.
http://michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html
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[Alex Nichol]

with the "Upgrade" version of XP...
I can do a clean install?

Or will it only install OVER my WinME... bringing all the
WinME problems with it?

If your ME CD is a retail one (with a Win9x folder containing .cab
files) you can show that to the setup as evidence, when you have booted
the XP CD and in New Install, hit ESC and delete the present partition
to create a new one and start clean. Put the CD in the drive when asked
where Windows is.

If it is not such a CD you will have to start from a restored ME, run
the XP CD from that, but change Upgrade to new install. Follow the same
ESC- delete - create - by that point it will have checked for
eligibility

 

[John Ski]

Subject: Re: can "upgrade" do a clean install?

From: Alex Nichol (e-mail address removed)
Date: 10/26/2003 8:10 AM Eastern Standard Time
Message-id: <[email protected]>



If your ME CD is a retail one (with a Win9x folder containing .cab
files) you can show that to the setup as evidence, when you have booted
the XP CD and in New Install, hit ESC and delete the present partition
to create a new one and start clean. Put the CD in the drive when asked
where Windows is.

If it is not such a CD you will have to start from a restored ME, run
the XP CD from that, but change Upgrade to new install. Follow the same
ESC- delete - create - by that point it will have checked for
eligibility

FWIW, I believe one should attempt an upgrade first. It's a whole lot simpler
and less stressful. I just upgraded a really unstable Me box to XP Home(taking
all the appropriate precautions) and so far(almost 2 weeks), they've not yet
had so much as a hiccup, leave alone a BSOD. Fingers still crossed but it looks
good.

HTH,
John
"Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic"
***Arthur C. Clarke***