Upgrade to XP from Me BUT with a clean Install

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Chris Jackson

I am thinking of upgrading from Me to XP Home Ed using the
upgrade pack, but because my PC has become unstable after
a virus, I want to reformat my Harddrive and do a clean
install. Will I need to load Me back on first or will the
upgrade just ask for me to install the Me CD to check that
I have a copy?
Any help or advise would be greatful
Cheers Chris
 
Chris,

You can clean the disk, then try to install XP. When it
asks for the media, load the ME disk in the drive, it
will check it and move on. This will work with upgardes
for Office, but I am not sure whether it works with the
OS.

Worst case, you will have to reinstall ME.

Good luck.
 
Greetings --

It is possible to perform a clean installation using an Upgrade
CD.

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.

HOW TO Prepare to Upgrade Win98 or WinMe
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q316639


Bruce Chambers

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