upgrading XP Home onto Win 98

[Natedawg]

i recently bought a copy of XP Home and found out on this
website I could upgrade it onto Windows 98. Trying to do
this, i got an error message that Windows XP could not be
upgraded from Windows 98.....help!!

 

[dglock]

what type of cd are you using? did you buy something from
ebay?
if you have a retail copy of xp you can upgrade from win
98.
don

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

Apparently you acquired an "OEM Version" of Windows XP Professional.
OEM versions cannot upgrade an existing Windows installation. Only
"Retail Versions" can upgrade. Either purchase a retail version of Windows XP
or reformat your drive to install the OEM version "clean".

Clean Install Windows XP
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html

[Courtesy of MS-MVP Michael Stevens]

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Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User

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|i recently bought a copy of XP Home and found out on this
| website I could upgrade it onto Windows 98. Trying to do
| this, i got an error message that Windows XP could not be
| upgraded from Windows 98.....help!!

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

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i recently bought a copy of XP Home and found out on this
website I could upgrade it onto Windows 98.

Correct.


Trying to do
this, i got an error message that Windows XP could not be
upgraded from Windows 98.....help!!

It sound like you bought an OEM version. If so, it has nothing to
do with Windows 98; OEM versions can only do clean installations,
not upgrades to anything.