Upgrading to XP and such

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Gary G

This is actually a two part question:

1) I am buying a new P-4 system and would like to 'move' my license of XP
Professional from my P-III to it. Can this be as
simple as dropping the 80-gig Maxtor boot drive into the new box and
applying the harware dependent drivers?

2) I have Windows 2000 and Windows 98 OSs and wish to install the XP Home
upgrade on the P-III. Microsoft's web site
says I cannot upgrade from 2000 to XP Home. So beit; what is the proceudure
for installing the XP Home upgrade on that
P-III (I have a drive but it has no installed OS)

Gary G
 
Greetings --

1) Normally, unless the new motherboard is virtually identical to
the
old one (same chipset, same IDE controllers, same BIOS version, etc.),
you'll need to perform a repair (a.k.a. in-place upgrade)
installation, at the very least:

How to Perform an In-Place Upgrade of Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/directory/article.asp?ID=KB;EN-US;Q315341

As always when undertaking such a significant change, back up any
important data before starting.

This may also require re-activation. If it's been more than 120
days since you last activated that specific Product Key, you'll most
likely be able to activate via the internet without problem. If it's
been less, you might have to make a 5 minute phone call.

2) 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.


Bruce Chambers

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Gary said:
This is actually a two part question:

1) I am buying a new P-4 system and would like to 'move' my license
of XP Professional from my P-III to it. Can this be as
simple as dropping the 80-gig Maxtor boot drive into the new box and
applying the harware dependent drivers?
Click to expand...


Click on the link below, or copy and paste the link into the address box
if using the web based newsgroup.
Move XP to new hardware.
http://michaelstevenstech.com/moving_xp.html
2) I have Windows 2000 and Windows 98 OSs and wish to install the XP
Home upgrade on the P-III. Microsoft's web site
says I cannot upgrade from 2000 to XP Home. So beit; what is the
proceudure for installing the XP Home upgrade on that
P-III (I have a drive but it has no installed OS)
Click to expand...

Clean install XP. Explained in the link below.

http://michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html

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