Clean install of WinXP Pro

[Cher]

Hello all,

I would like to do a clean install of WinXp Professional Upgrade edition.
I just need to know whether my win98SE upgrade disk will be accepted as
qualifying. I have winXP Pro upgrade on here at present which was
installed over the top using the 98SE upgrade disk as a qualifier then,
but if I reformat for a clean install - will it still be considered as a
qualifier when I am asked to insert a qualifying product? (Win98SE was
upgraded from Win95 which of course is a non-qualifier & besides I no
longer have the Win95 disk)

Thanking you for your assistance

Cher

 

[Will Denny]

Hi

Please have a look at the following MS article:

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

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[Bruce Chambers]

Hello all,

I would like to do a clean install of WinXp Professional Upgrade
edition. I just need to know whether my win98SE upgrade disk will be
accepted as qualifying. I have winXP Pro upgrade on here at present
which was installed over the top using the 98SE upgrade disk as a
qualifier then, but if I reformat for a clean install - will it still
be considered as a qualifier when I am asked to insert a qualifying
product? (Win98SE was upgraded from Win95 which of course is a
non-qualifier & besides I no longer have the Win95 disk)

Thanking you for your assistance

Cher

It's quite possible to perform a clean installation using the
Upgrade CD, provided you have the true installation CD for the earlier
OS.

Simply boot from the WinXP Upgrade CD. You'll be offered the
opportunity to delete, create, and format partitions as part of the
installation process. The Upgrade CD checks to see if a qualifying OS
is installed, and, if it finds none, it asks you to insert the
installation media (CD) of that OS. Unfortunately, an OEM
"Recovery/Restore" CD will not work for this purpose; you must have a
true installation CD, complete with the "\Win98" folder and *.cab
files, or the "\i386" folder of WinNT/2K.

Alternatively, or especially if all you have is an OEM Recovery CD
for the earlier OS, you can even start the upgrade from within the
current Win98/Me/NT/2K installation, and still elect to perform a
clean installation, to include formatting the drive. In this case,
there's no further request for the qualifying OS's installation CD,
because the installation routing "remembers" that you started from
within the qualifying OS. This process is more time-consuming, but
you get the same results: a clean installation of WinXP.

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[Cher]

you can even start the upgrade from within the
current Win98/Me/NT/2K installation, and still elect to perform a
clean installation, to include formatting the drive.

As I said, I have upgraded to XPpro over 98SE (which itself was an
upgrade) but now want to do a "clean" install of XP. Can I still elect to
do a clean install including format from within the existing XPpro
installation and if so exactly how do I do that to get the option to
format. (Hope I explained that clearly)

Thx for any help in this.

Cher