Will Windows XP Upgrade Help Me?

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Sorry, forget that. I thought you were upgrading to XP. I can't see your
original post.
 
Full thread:
http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.windowsxp.general/browse_frm/thread/47c9ae0ae9c8e6d5

OP's first post:

<QP>
I have Windows ME OS on one of my computers, it came from a questionable
background with many viruses and spyware, I have tried and tried to get this
computer up and running. The original goal was to get it online, I have DSL
and it refused to load webpages. I spent a little more than a week, night
and day removing unwanted programs/ spywares/viruses/adwares/etc.
Straightening out annoying settings and so on, either way she worked
beautifully....for a fews months, went online and did everything you could
ask of it.

And then...this is where it goes bad...because the of issues with the
computer there was no virus software on it...it was taken to a risky website
and it all went downhill from there. It started running slow and was
constantly lagged down with nasty bugs running in the background all the
time. I wanted to fix it the right way this time so I figured my best shot
was the get the floppy drive working, I sent it to be cleaned out on the
inside, removal of dust and what not. Well it was returned without a working
floppy drive or cd drive! Any disc put in it now just whirrs for a few
seconds and then does nothing.

If I get an XP upgrade will it still force the computer to boot and go on
with the install? As of currently it will only boot in safe mode an area I
know nothing about....
</QP>
Source:
http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.windowsxp.general/msg/8f2ae26263ebac5f
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~Robear
Sorry, forget that. I thought you were upgrading to XP. I can't see your
original post.
Click to expand...
<snip>
 
This post is to summarize where the issues presently stand for those who
might wish to help you.

To answer the question "Will Windows XP Upgrade Help Me", NO based upon
your statement lower in the threads that it is infected. An upgrade would
likely just transfer whatever is infecting your computer to the XP OS.
To use XP you would need the FULL install disk, as you would have to format
the existing disk to remove whatever is corrupting it. You would also need
to ensure the computer is XP capable. This would also cause you to loose the
HP restore partition, as well as ME restore points, if they were used.

IF it starts at all [apparently use Millenium], then the normal procedure
would be to further attempt to remove the existing corruption code via
removal tools. You also state that for some reason anti-virus and
anti-SpyWare tools could not be installed, perhaps an explanation is order
for WHY you though they could not be installed.
In the lower threads, I see that you now have no CD or floppy disk. Here
the issue MAY be that someone messed up the BIOS settings so these are no
longer detected at POST. You state its an HP Pavilion XE748:
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/prodinfoCategory?lc=en&cc=us&dlc=en&product=59947&lang=en

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MEB
http://peoplescounsel.orgfree.com
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| Alright...
| Yes I do have a liscence, the PC is 100% legal, it does have its
| authenticity sticker on it as well.
| I believe it's a HP Pavillion XE748 and it runs ME.
 
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