windows ME to XP home upgrade

[ezeddy]

I want to install windows Xp home premium upgrade on a clean hard drive. Do I
have to install my current windows me on this drive first to take advantage
of the upgrade version or do I need to buy the full version of xp to avoid
this. Thanks for your help

 

[by Gary Jensen]

You will have to down load six floppys from the boot drive first and have the
cd's ready, did you install a larger hard drive 160 or better to take care of
the files from XP?

 

[Alias]

I want to install windows Xp home premium upgrade on a clean hard drive. Do I
have to install my current windows me on this drive first to take advantage
of the upgrade version or do I need to buy the full version of xp to avoid
this. Thanks for your help

If you have an XP upgrade CD, set up will ask you to insert your Windows
Me CD for it to check before proceeding with the install.

Alias

 

[JS]

No, just insert the XP Upgrade CD and start the install.
During the install you will be asked to insert the Windows ME CD.

Info on how to do a Clean Install of Windows XP
First you may need to change the BIOS setting to Boot from CD drive first.
Then see below:
From Michael Steven's: http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html
more info: http://windowsxp.mvps.org/XPClean.htm
and: http://www.theeldergeek.com/clean_installation_of_windows_xp.htm
also: http://www.bootdisk.com/

Also make sure you have the drivers you need for your motherboard, video
card, sound card, Etc.

JS

 

[philo]

I want to install windows Xp home premium upgrade on a clean hard drive. Do I
have to install my current windows me on this drive first to take advantage
of the upgrade version or do I need to buy the full version of xp to avoid
this. Thanks for your help

Assuming you have an actual winME cd (rather than a factory restore cd)

You can purchase an XP upgrade cd
and perform a fresh install.

No need to install WinME first.
you will need the ME cd to serve as a qualifying product.
During the install, you will be asked to insert it for verification.

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

I want to install windows Xp home premium upgrade on a clean hard drive. Do I
have to install my current windows me on this drive first to take advantage
of the upgrade version or do I need to buy the full version of xp to avoid
this. Thanks for your help

No, neither.

The requirement to use an upgrade version is to *own* a previous
qualifying version's installation CD (with an OEM restore CD, see
below), not to have it installed. When setup doesn't find a previous
qualifying version installed, it will prompt you to insert its CD as
proof of ownership. Just insert the previous version's CD, and follow
the prompts. Everything proceeds quite normally and quite
legitimately.

You can also do a clean installation if you have an OEM restore CD of
a previous qualifying version. It's a little more complicated, but it
*can* be done. First restore from the Restore CD. Then run the XP
upgrade CD from within that restored system, and change from Upgrade
to New Install. When it asks where, press Esc to delete the partition
and start over.

 

[ezeddy]

Assuming you have an actual winME cd (rather than a factory restore cd)

You can purchase an XP upgrade cd
and perform a fresh install.

No need to install WinME first.
you will need the ME cd to serve as a qualifying product.
During the install, you will be asked to insert it for verification.


Ok. that is good, but how can I find out if my WinMe is an actual WinMe? The disc I have just says (operating system reinstallation cd w/me.) It is a Dell dimensions 8100 if that is of any importance.

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

Ok. that is good, but how can I find out if my WinMe
is an actual WinMe? The disc I have just says (operating
system reinstallation cd w/me.) It is a Dell dimensions
8100 if that is of any importance.

That sounds like a restore CD, not an installation CD. Despite what
Philo says above, you *can* use that CD. Read my earlier reply for
instructions.

 

[Daave]

I want to install windows Xp home premium upgrade on a clean hard
drive.

Premium? I thought that moniker only applied to Vista.

 

[philo]

That sounds like a restore CD, not an installation CD. Despite what
Philo says above, you *can* use that CD. Read my earlier reply for
instructions.

Restore CD's will qualify only if they have the actual OS files on them.
The reason restore cd's often do NOT work is that they use an image file
which will of course be invisible to the windows installer.

I advise the OP to have a look at the restore CD in windows explorer...
if it contains the Windows setup folder, then it should work...
but if it just contains one large image file it's doubtful that it would
serve as a qualifying product

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

Restore CD's will qualify only if they have the actual OS files on them.
The reason restore cd's often do NOT work is that they use an image file
which will of course be invisible to the windows installer.

That's correct. You can *not* simply use the Restore CD as if it were
an installation CD. Nevertheless you *can* do a clean installation
with an XP Upgrade if you have a restore CD of a previous version. I
thought I had posted instructions for doing this earlier in this
thread, but perhaps not; it may have been a different thread.

Here's how: First restore from the Restore CD. Then run the XP upgrade
CD from within that restored system, and change from Upgrade to New
Install. When it asks where, press Esc to delete the partition and
start over.

 

[philo]

That's correct. You can *not* simply use the Restore CD as if it were
an installation CD. Nevertheless you *can* do a clean installation
with an XP Upgrade if you have a restore CD of a previous version. I
thought I had posted instructions for doing this earlier in this
thread, but perhaps not; it may have been a different thread.

Here's how: First restore from the Restore CD. Then run the XP upgrade
CD from within that restored system, and change from Upgrade to New
Install. When it asks where, press Esc to delete the partition and
start over.

Yep...that will do the trick...
I found your post from yesterday but had not seen it when I posted

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

Yep...that will do the trick...
I found your post from yesterday but had not seen it when I posted

OK, thanks, and not a problem.