Install WinXP Home Upgrade from scratch?

[Guest]

I own WinXP Home Upgrade. I want to redo my computer. Can this be done using
my WinXP Home Upgrade CD without having to first install Win98 SE? I really
don't want to install 98 just to get back to where I am now.

Please advise...if this is the wrong newsgroup, please let me know where to
post.

Thanks in advance.
Mickey

 

[Colin Barnhorst]

Yes. You only need the Win98 cd. Win98 does not need to be installed. The
XP Upgrade edition installer will ask you to insert a disk proving you own a
product qualifying for upgrade. It will do this part way through the
installation. Be sure to switch the cd's back again after the installer
verifies the Win98 cd.

This will not work if your version of Win98 is on a restore cd, only if it
is a retail Win98 full or upgrade cd. Do not sell or give away the Win98 cd
afterwards as it becomes part of the XP license once it is used to qualify
for the upgrade.

 

[Bruce Chambers]

I own WinXP Home Upgrade. I want to redo my computer. Can this be done using
my WinXP Home Upgrade CD without having to first install Win98 SE? I really
don't want to install 98 just to get back to where I am now.

Please advise...if this is the wrong newsgroup, please let me know where to
post.

Thanks in advance.
Mickey

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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Bruce Chambers

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