Windows XP Upgrade to XP Pro

[Ash]

Hi All

First post so here goes. I want to upgrade my O/S to Win XP Pro the current O/S is win 98 Upgrade from Win 95 both these copies are legitimate would I get away with buying the upgrade version to XP Pro doing a clean install and allowing XP to ask for the neccesary files of Win 98 or 95. Hope that dosn't sound to confusing. Thanks in advance for any help.

Regards

Ash

 

[Ian]

According to :

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/howtobuy/upgrading/matrix.asp

You should be able to do so, although you will have a long re-installation process should you wish to upgrade from scratch again

Its a good idea to check your PC for the minimum requirements, as you need at least a P233 with 64 megs of ram to run it.

Hope that helps

 

[Ash]

Thanks Ian not woorried about a long install and my machine is plenty man enough on spec so should be OK thanks.

Ash:crazy:

 

[Ian]

No Problemo

Let me know if you have any problems with the installation and I'll lend a hand. Windows XP is a really nice operating system to use, my favorite yet!

 

[Eric Portelance]

So, let me get this straight. You want to buy the XP Pro upgrade and format your previous OS? You should be able to upgrade without a problem. I recently upgraded from 98 (no format) and all went smoothly. I should really format, though.