Which XP CD to buy

[Dominique]

I want to install Windows XP on a separate hard drive in double-boot mode
on a WinME machine. PIII - 550mhz - 384 MB ram, I think it should work OK
if I disable some "Bells and Whistles" of XP.

Is the Windows XP upgrade CD will do or do I have to get the retail version
CD of WinXP to do this?

I have the original CDs for this computer, so validation for upgrade
shouldn't be a problem - Win98se OEM, WinME "step up from 98" CD.

Thanks
Dominique

 

[CS]

I want to install Windows XP on a separate hard drive in double-boot mode
on a WinME machine. PIII - 550mhz - 384 MB ram, I think it should work OK
if I disable some "Bells and Whistles" of XP.

Is the Windows XP upgrade CD will do or do I have to get the retail version
CD of WinXP to do this?

I have the original CDs for this computer, so validation for upgrade
shouldn't be a problem - Win98se OEM, WinME "step up from 98" CD.

The upgrade version of XP will work. Just place your Win98 CD in the
drive when the install program asks for it. You really ought to
consider purchasing more memory. 384 MB is OK but with a CPU of only
550 MHZ, more memory will improve performance. Be sure you check all
the hardware requirements before deciding on upgrading to XP.

 

[Plato]

I want to install Windows XP on a separate hard drive in double-boot mode
on a WinME machine. PIII - 550mhz - 384 MB ram, I think it should work OK
if I disable some "Bells and Whistles" of XP.

Is the Windows XP upgrade CD will do or do I have to get the retail version
CD of WinXP to do this?

The upgrade CD will work just fine.

 

[Dominique]

The upgrade version of XP will work. Just place your Win98 CD in the
drive when the install program asks for it. You really ought to
consider purchasing more memory. 384 MB is OK but with a CPU of only
550 MHZ, more memory will improve performance. Be sure you check all
the hardware requirements before deciding on upgrading to XP.

Thank you for your answer, the motherboard already has all the memory it
can take, but there won't be any heavy processing on that machine, it
will be mainly internet access, word processing and database work.

I want to do this because my firewall doesn't support WinME anymore and
probably everybody will go that way soon. I need to keep WinME because of
a superb old soundcard that doesn't have WDM drivers, the WinMe partition
will be use for midifile playback (with a band), the network card will be
deactivated in the hardware profile to stop internet access when I run
WinME.

Thanks again

Dominique

 

[Dominique]

The upgrade CD will work just fine.

Thank you.

Dominique