Need advice on NT 4.0 to XP upgrade

[Rick Copeland]

I have a Gateway 800 MHz PC with 128 MB of RAM and a 20 GB hard drive that's
currently running NT 4.0. I purchased it from my previous employer (the
hardware, but not the NT license). I have a valid Win98 license from
another, now deceased machine. The ultimate goal is to get a valid XP home
edition license on the Gateway. What's the best way to do this? Do I have
to reformat the hard disk, load Win98, then upgrade to XP? Can I just
uninstall NT 4.0 and then load the upgrade version of XP (because I can
obtain that through the fact that I have a Win98 license...)??

Please let me know what the best approach would be.

Thanks,
Rick

 

[Yves Leclerc]

Using the XP Home Upgrade CD, select "clean" install. Then, the upgrade
should ask you to insert the Windows 98 CD so as to check for upgrade
qualification.

Y.

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

If you have your old Microsoft 98 installation CD, then you
can indeed perform a "clean install" using the "upgrade version"
of XP. During the setup process, you'll be requested to insert
a previous version of a Windows CD in the CD drive to verify
your eligibility to continue with the clean install. There is no
need to install Windows 98 first.

Clean Install Windows XP
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User

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| I have a Gateway 800 MHz PC with 128 MB of RAM and a 20 GB hard drive that's
| currently running NT 4.0. I purchased it from my previous employer (the
| hardware, but not the NT license). I have a valid Win98 license from
| another, now deceased machine. The ultimate goal is to get a valid XP home
| edition license on the Gateway. What's the best way to do this? Do I have
| to reformat the hard disk, load Win98, then upgrade to XP? Can I just
| uninstall NT 4.0 and then load the upgrade version of XP (because I can
| obtain that through the fact that I have a Win98 license...)??
|
| Please let me know what the best approach would be.
|
| Thanks,
| Rick

 

[Norm]

I would insert the XP cd and run the compatibility test first, make sure you
can get XP drivers for all the hardware you have.