difference between XP upgrade or full edition

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Phil

Is there any difference between the XP upgrade and the
full Additions? I'm currently running 98 and would like to
install xp in a dual boot config. Does the upgrade allow
you to do a full install or does in have to go over the
existing OS.

Phil
 
The upgrade does allow for a full install, it is the same as buying the full
edition, just costs less because you are going to have to prove that you
already have a valid copy of Windows (98).
 
Hi Phil,

You can do a full install with the Upgrade version. At a certain point,
early in the setup routine, you will need to insert the install CD for a
previous, qualifying version of Windows in order to "justify" the use of the
Upgrade version.


Regards,
 
-----Original Message-----
Is there any difference between the XP upgrade and the
full Additions? I'm currently running 98 and would like to
install xp in a dual boot config. Does the upgrade allow
you to do a full install or does in have to go over the
existing OS.

Phil
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If you have any problems in the 98 os they will carry
over onto the xp upgrade. A clean install of the full
version of xp will make the system perform better. I did
this with mine.
 
**You can do a full install with the Upgrade version. At a certain point
early in the setup routine, you will need to insert the install CD for
previous, qualifying version of Windows in order to "justify" the use of th
Upgrade version.**

Not true. That is why they call it upgrade and not full install. You can see the difference in what you pay for it as well. Your system will carry forward any defects in the OS with the upgrade. Not so with the full install.
 
I don't know where you got that idea, but it is not correct at all.

When your purchase an upgrade version of Windows, you still have the option
to format the hard drive and install it from scratch with no remnants of the
old OS left behind. The only difference is that you must prove that you
qualify for the upgrade, so during the installation, if it can't find a
previous qualifying OS, it will prompt you to put the original CD into the
CD tray to prove that you did, in fact, purchase an older OS.

This is, in essence, a price break for those who have already purchased a
copy of Windows in the past. It is still the same full Windows XP as the
non upgrade version.

With BOTH versions (upgrade and full retail), you have the option to
"migrate" the old OS to XP or to completely replace the old OS with XP.

What I have just described is not new. It is the way MS has sold "upgrades"
for many years.


Rick said:
**You can do a full install with the Upgrade version. At a certain point,
early in the setup routine, you will need to insert the install CD for a
previous, qualifying version of Windows in order to "justify" the use of the
Upgrade version.**

Not true. That is why they call it upgrade and not full install. You can
Click to expand...
see the difference in what you pay for it as well. Your system will carry
forward any defects in the OS with the upgrade. Not so with the full
install.
 
I don't know where you got that idea, but it is not correct at all.

When your purchase an upgrade version of Windows, you still have the option
to format the hard drive and install it from scratch with no remnants of the
old OS left behind. The only difference is that you must prove that you
qualify for the upgrade, so during the installation, if it can't find a
previous qualifying OS, it will prompt you to put the original CD into the
CD tray to prove that you did, in fact, purchase an older OS.

This is, in essence, a price break for those who have already purchased a
copy of Windows in the past. It is still the same full Windows XP as the
non upgrade version.

With BOTH versions (upgrade and full retail), you have the option to
"migrate" the old OS to XP or to completely replace the old OS with XP.

What I have just described is not new. It is the way MS has sold "upgrades"
for many years.
 
Greetings --

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Bruce Chambers

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Yes, Rick, it definitely is true. You can do a full install with an Upgrade
CD, just as you can do an Upgrade install with a Full Install CD.


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Patti MacLeod
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Rick said:
**You can do a full install with the Upgrade version. At a certain point,
early in the setup routine, you will need to insert the install CD for a
previous, qualifying version of Windows in order to "justify" the use of the
Upgrade version.**

Not true. That is why they call it upgrade and not full install. You can
Click to expand...
see the difference in what you pay for it as well. Your system will carry
forward any defects in the OS with the upgrade. Not so with the full
install.
 
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