Which WinXP Home?

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Larry Roberts

At newegg.com, there are 3 types of WinXP Home License. The
Upgrade, and OEM are priced a little under $100.00, while the full
Retail is almost $200.00. I have Win98SE. I would like to do a clean
install of WinXP without first installing Win98SE. Does the Upgrade
version allow this? Also, I constantly do upgrades to my system like
new HDD, mainboard, CPU, videocard, and such, but not at one time.
Would I still be able to use the Upgrade, or OEM version when doing a
componant upgrade. Only one PC is ever assembled at my house, so only
one PC would ever have that copy running at one time.
If the OEM version is a throw away OS, then MS should only
charhge $40.00 for it since you can't install it but on one PC ever,
even if that PC no longer exist.
 
Larry,
Get the Upgrade edition. Disregard the OEM edition.
You'll need to have (a) your Win98 CD at hand, or to have (b) Win98 on your system , when starting the XP setup to prove eligibility --- and you will be able to do a clean install.

Guide to upgrading (or new install) Win XP at Aumha.org
http://aumha.org/win5/a/xpupgrad.htm
 
And keep the 98CD forever because you will need it if you want to re-install
XP sometime in the future.

Larry,
Get the Upgrade edition. Disregard the OEM edition.
You'll need to have (a) your Win98 CD at hand, or to have (b) Win98 on your
system , when starting the XP setup to prove eligibility --- and you will be
able to do a clean install.

Guide to upgrading (or new install) Win XP at Aumha.org
http://aumha.org/win5/a/xpupgrad.htm
 
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