Will Microsoft XP Upgrade CD (purchased) Install

[George Montgomery]

Will "ME" To "XP" Upgrade CD v.2002 Purchased Thru
Microsoft Install On My New Hard Drive. Old Drive Is Now
Unusable.(it died big time) Upgrade CD Lable Says "This
program will search your system to confirm your
eligibilty for this upgrade edition." It Upgraded "Me"
To "Xp" Ok On The Original Drive System But, The Lable Is
Scaring Me.I Am Running On A Partial Copy Of Xp From The
Original Drive Before It Turned On Me. Do Not Want To
Lose What I Have Left. Do Not Want To Format Before I
Know For Sure. Thanks

 

[Grant]

Will "ME" To "XP" Upgrade CD v.2002 Purchased Thru
Microsoft Install On My New Hard Drive. Old Drive Is Now
Unusable.(it died big time) Upgrade CD Lable Says "This
program will search your system to confirm your
eligibilty for this upgrade edition." It Upgraded "Me"
To "Xp" Ok On The Original Drive System But, The Lable Is
Scaring Me.I Am Running On A Partial Copy Of Xp From The
Original Drive Before It Turned On Me. Do Not Want To
Lose What I Have Left. Do Not Want To Format Before I
Know For Sure. Thanks

The upgrade CDs will to a clean install. The only difference is that you have
to have your CDs or floppies for your previous operating system, and put them in
when asked to.

 

[George Montgomery]

-----Original Message-----



The upgrade CDs will to a clean install. The only difference is that you have
to have your CDs or floppies for your previous operating system, and put them in
when asked to.


.
Thank You Grant, Will attempt to install tomorrow. Will

let you know how it goes. I,m Keeping my fingers crossed.
Merry Christmas. George

 

[Bruce Chambers]

Greetings --

It's quite possible to perform a clean installation using an
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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[Grant]

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.

What do you do if you have to reinstall XP later (say if your hard drive dies or
something)?

 

[Bruce Chambers]

Greetings --

The same thing.

Bruce Chambers

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