Upgrading Windows Me to Window XP Home Edition

[George]

I am upgrading my OS from Win Me to Win XP HE. I want to
make as clean an install as possible so I am getting a
new 80 GB hard drive. The Windows XP HE I purchased is
an Upgrade Version 2002 for Windows Me. (1) Do I have to
install the Windows Me on the new hard drive before
runing the XP upgrade disk?...or...Will the XP upgrade
ask for the Windows Me install Disk and take what it
needs during the install? Thanks in advance for your
help.

 

[JAX]

You can do a clean install with your XP CD. At some point in the
installation you will be prompted to insert the ME disk to prove
qualification for the installation. See the following link for a clean
install.
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html
Thanks to Michael Stevens

HTH, JAX

 

[Bruce Chambers]

Greetings --

It's quite possible to perform a clean installation using the
Upgrade CD. You'll be offered the opportunity to delete, create, and
format partitions as part of the installation process.

Simply boot from the WinXP Upgrade CD. 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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