Upgrading from Win98SE to WinXP - necessary that 98 is installed?

[Guest]

Hi,

I am a Mac user. I have been running Quickbooks on a licensed copy of
Win98SE in Virtual PC on my powerbook. I'm now forced to upgrade Quickbooks,
and as a result Windows to XP, but also need to move the whole shebang to my
IMac.

In the process, I'll be dumping Virtual PC for another emulater, Parallels.
I would like to perform a clean install of a WinXP Home Upgrade on a VM
without having to install Win98, SE or the full XP system, both to avoid the
excessive cost and time involved.

I've searched and searched, and can't tell whether to install a WINXP
upgrade, you must simply be the owner of a licensed copy of Win98SE, or
whether it must be physically installed on the machine where the upgrade
takes place.

Thanks for any help...
nan

 

[DL]

It is not neccessary to have the earlier version software physically
installed when installing an upgrade.
You just need the earlier version media available to point to when the
upgrade complains.
I assume its the same if using Virtual PC

 

[Papa]

Why are you using a Microsoft Windows emulator? An emulator will never
perform very well because the data has to be crunched through two operating
systems. Why not just use a Windows notebook and drop the Mac altogether, or
drop Microsoft Windows and use the Mac OS all by itself? Both operating
systems have great office software.

 

[Bruce Chambers]

Hi,

I am a Mac user. I have been running Quickbooks on a licensed copy of
Win98SE in Virtual PC on my powerbook. I'm now forced to upgrade Quickbooks,
and as a result Windows to XP, but also need to move the whole shebang to my
IMac.

In the process, I'll be dumping Virtual PC for another emulater, Parallels.
I would like to perform a clean install of a WinXP Home Upgrade on a VM
without having to install Win98, SE or the full XP system, both to avoid the
excessive cost and time involved.

I've searched and searched, and can't tell whether to install a WINXP
upgrade, you must simply be the owner of a licensed copy of Win98SE, or
whether it must be physically installed on the machine where the upgrade
takes place.

Thanks for any help...
nan

It's quite possible to perform a clean installation using the WinXP
Upgrade CD, provided you have the true installation CD for the earlier OS.

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.


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[Guest]

Why are you using a Microsoft Windows emulator? An emulator will never
perform very well because the data has to be crunched through two operating
systems. Why not just use a Windows notebook and drop the Mac altogether, or
drop Microsoft Windows and use the Mac OS all by itself? Both operating
systems have great office software.

I only use Quickbooks for Windows because I can download transactions from
Wachovia, and send the file to my accountant. As soon as the Mac version of
Quickbooks allows me to download from Wachovia, I'm outta Windows hair
forever (and it's out of mine).

VirtualPC is a dog, Parallels is much leaner. It'll be fine.

All I have to do is compare the installation instructions for anything
between Windows and Mac (Mac: Plug it in), not to mention what's already
incorporated in a MacOS and that's missing in Windows, to know which system
works better for me.

Thanks to all of you for your assistance. I'm happy I don't have to spend
$200 on an OS I barely use!