Upgrading from ME to XP Home

[Ted]

If I upgrade from Windows ME to XP home will I lose all
my files and data eg... family photos, computer games, old
e-mails, my internet explorer favorites list, ect....

 

[John Dingley]

You shouldn't loose anything, but you should backup your data anyway,
mistakes happen and things do go wrong sometimes.

 

[sean]

this can couse problems with some programs but your data
should be fine unless you screw things up in some unknown
way

 

[Michael Stevens]

If I upgrade from Windows ME to XP home will I lose all
my files and data eg... family photos, computer games, old
e-mails, my internet explorer favorites list, ect....

If your upgrade is a success, all your data and photos etc. will be still be
there, but don't upgrade without a backup of anything you can't replace from
other media. If you experience a power outage during a upgrade, there is the
distinct possibility you will lose everything.
The only way to make sure you have a successful upgrade is to make
preparations as if you were doing a clean install, but take the upgrade as
your first choice of installing XP.
See the links below for some insight into how the upgrade process works. The
better you prep for a OS change the better the results whether you upgrade
or clean install.
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[Michael Stevens]

If I upgrade from Windows ME to XP home will I lose all
my files and data eg... family photos, computer games, old
e-mails, my internet explorer favorites list, ect....

Forgot the upgrade links.

Click on the link below, or copy and paste the link into the address box
if using the web based newsgroup.
For upgrading to XP Home or Pro, see the links below.
http://aumha.org/a/xpupgrad.htm
XP Upgrade
http://www.winsupersite.com/showcase/windowsxp_sg_2kupgrade.asp
http://www.winsupersite.com/showcase/windowsxp_sg_9xupgrade.asp
See the link below for steps on performing a Clean Install.
http://michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html
Known problems with XP upgrades.
http://michaelstevenstech.com/xpupgdissues.html
Known Problems with Clean installs.
http://www.labmice.net/WindowsXP/Install/installbugs.htm
Top 10 Reasons for Moving to Windows XP Professional
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/evaluation/whyupgrade/top10.asp
Why Windows XP Professional?
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/evaluation/whyupgrade/default.asp
Windows XP Professional Features
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/evaluation/features.asp

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[Bruce Chambers]

Greetings --

The upgrade process has been greatly improved with WinXP. If you
have a problem-free WinMe installation, and you're confident that all
of your hardware components, their drivers, and your installed
applications are WinXP-compatible, you can most likely count on a
trouble-free upgrade. If, on the other hand, you're having problems
with WinMe, or if you have a lot of untested shareware installed,
you'd be well advised to perform a clean installation.

WinXP is designed to install and upgrade the existing operating
system while simultaneously preserving your data and translating as
many personalized settings as possible. Of course, there are no
iron-clad, 100% guarantees when it comes to updating any kind of
computer software, much less an operating system. The process is
designed to be, and normally is, quite painless. That said, things can
go wrong, in a small number of cases. If your data is at all
important to you, back it up before proceeding.

Have you made sure that your PC's hardware components are capable
of supporting WinXP? This information will be found at the PC's
manufacturer's web site, and on Microsoft's Hardware Compatibility
List: (http://www.microsoft.com/hcl/default.asp) Additionally, run
Microsoft WinXP Upgrade Advisor to see if you have any incompatible
hardware components or applications.

You should, before proceeding, take a few minutes to ensure that
there are WinXP device drivers available for all of the machine's
components. There may not be, if the PC was specifically designed for
Win98/Me. Also bear in mind that PCs designed for, sold and run fine
with Win9x/Me very often do not meet WinXP's much more stringent
hardware quality requirements. This is particularly true of many
models in Compaq's consumer-class Presario product line or HP's
consumer-class Pavilion product line. WinXP, like WinNT and Win2K
before it, is quite sensitive to borderline defective hardware
(particularly motherboards, RAM and hard drives) that will still
support Win9x.

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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