Installation of XP Home Edition

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I keeo getting mixed messages. Can I load Windows XP
Home Edition Upgrade after I reformat my hard drive, or
do I have to reload Windows ME (my original OS), first?
 
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I keeo getting mixed messages. Can I load Windows XP
Home Edition Upgrade after I reformat my hard drive, or
do I have to reload Windows ME (my original OS), first?
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Yes you can do it, when windows xp ask you for the folder
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of before OS, introduce the win ME CD in the CD-rom, give
it the path, and the installation should keep going

I hope this can help you

happy holidays!!!
 
Greetings --

It's quite possible to perform a clean installation using an
Upgrade CD. You'll be offered the opportunity to delete, create, and
format partitions as part of the installation process.

Simply boot from the WinXP Upgrade CD. 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.


Bruce Chambers

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Bruce, any chance you could peek at my post in the "Windows XP Help and Support" forum? Pleeeese? I'm having probs installing XP Pro over an old OS. The post is called "Re-installing XP -- Problems!".

Thanks!
 
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