Windows ME to XP - How to?

[Guest]

This may sound very simple BUT it's so simple that we can't find the answer....
I have a friend that wants to go from Windows ME to Windows XP Home Edition.
Does she have to buy the Windows XP full version? Or just the Windows XP Home
Edition Upgrade? Thanks for any information!
PS - Told you it was simple >>but not to us!

 

[Mike Hall \(MS-MVP\)]

Mich

The upgrade will cut it.. if your friend is in possession of an Microsoft ME
CD, it is also possible to do a clean install of XP using the ME CD as a
qualifying product.. obviously, before clean installing, it is a good idea
to back up important stuff like user generated files and e-mail.. for much
more on installing XP, go to this website..

http://www.michaelstevenstech.com

 

[Ken Blake]

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This may sound very simple BUT it's so simple that we can't
find the
answer.... I have a friend that wants to go from Windows ME to
Windows XP Home Edition. Does she have to buy the Windows XP
full
version? Or just the Windows XP Home Edition Upgrade? Thanks
for any
information!
PS - Told you it was simple >>but not to us!

She can use either. Since she owns Windows Me, she qualifies for
the Upgrade version of XP, and that's what she should get, since
it's cheaper. Assuming that she wants to upgrade over the top of
Me, not do a clean installation, what she can *not* use is an OEM
version, since that can do only clean installations.

Note, by the way, that she can even do a clean installation with
the Upgrade CD (although I recommend that she at least try to
upgrade first.) 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 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.

 

[Curt]

She will do just fine with the upgrade. However, should she ever want to do
a "clean" XP install she will need a Win98se cd or a 'FULL' WinME version as
a qualified OS.

HTH,

 

[Curt]

She will do just fine with the upgrade. However, should she ever want to do
a "clean" XP install she will need a Win98se cd or a 'FULL' WinME version as
a qualified OS.

HTH,

 

[Courtney]

....or an UPGRADE WinME CD, just not an OEM CD.

courtney

She will do just fine with the upgrade. However, should she ever want to
do
a "clean" XP install she will need a Win98se cd or a 'FULL' WinME version
as
a qualified OS.

HTH,

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[Curt]

My ME upgrade cd was not recognized as qualifying media when I tired a clean
XP install using it. Hence my advice for the full version of ME. Luckily I
had 98se to fall back on.

Curt.

 

[Guest]

I think I installed with the upgrade ME also.

My ME upgrade cd was not recognized as qualifying media when I tired a clean
XP install using it. Hence my advice for the full version of ME. Luckily I
had 98se to fall back on.

Curt.

 

[Ken Blake]

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She will do just fine with the upgrade. However, should she
ever want
to do a "clean" XP install she will need a Win98se cd or a
'FULL'
WinME version as a qualified OS.

No, a Full version of Me is not required. Any Windows Me CD will
work, as will any Windows 98 or Windows 95 CD.

 

[Ken Blake]

In

...or an UPGRADE WinME CD, just not an OEM CD.

No, any Windows Me CD works. Even an OEM CD will be fine.

 

[Ken Blake]

In

My ME upgrade cd was not recognized as qualifying media when I
tired
a clean XP install using it. Hence my advice for the full
version of
ME. Luckily I had 98se to fall back on.

Then you did something wrong. The upgrade CD *is* qualifying
media.

 

[Curt]

Nope! Didn't do anything wrong, I put the ME upgrade cd in the cd-rom when
asked to. I got a message that it was not qualified media, simple as that.

Curt.

 

[Andrew Murray]

I have the Upgrade XP SP2 release, and I upgrade using an *upgrade* of
Windows 98 (first ed.). No problem there. So it *will* upgrade from an
upgrade of the previous O/S.

 

[Ken Blake]

In msftngp13.phx.gbl,

Nope! Didn't do anything wrong, I put the ME upgrade cd in the
cd-rom
when asked to. I got a message that it was not qualified media,
simple as that.

Then what you did wrong is perhaps that you used a CD that isn't
a legitimate version. A legitimate Me Upgrade CD *is* qualifying
media.

 

[Ron Martell]

In


No, any Windows Me CD works. Even an OEM CD will be fine.

Provided it is an OEM installation CD and not just a "System Recovery"
CD containing a disk image.

Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
--
Microsoft MVP
On-Line Help Computer Service
http://onlinehelp.bc.ca

In memory of a dear friend Alex Nichol MVP
http://aumha.org/alex.htm

 

[Ken Blake]

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Provided it is an OEM installation CD and not just a "System
Recovery"
CD containing a disk image.

Even an OEM Recovery CD will work, although the procedure is a
little different and more complicated in that case. First restore
from the Recovery 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.

In memory of a dear friend Alex Nichol MVP

I learned that above procedure from Alex.

 

[Curt]

Ken,

That doesn't wash either.....no perhaps about it. The "illegitimate"
reference is way off base. My full priced ME upgrade cd was *purchased* from
a well known national computer and office supply chain. The ME upgrade cd
flawlessly upgraded Win98se to ME. I based my response to the OP on 'my'
experience going from ME to XP, which was the only honest thing to do. Why
XP would not accept my "legitimate" ME upgrade cd as a qualifier I do not
know.... I can only state that it did not.

Curt.

 

[Ken Blake]

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That doesn't wash either.....no perhaps about it. The
"illegitimate"
reference is way off base. My full priced ME upgrade cd was
*purchased* from a well known national computer and office
supply
chain. The ME upgrade cd flawlessly upgraded Win98se to ME. I
based
my response to the OP on 'my' experience going from ME to XP,
which
was the only honest thing to do. Why XP would not accept my
"legitimate" ME upgrade cd as a qualifier I do not know.... I
can
only state that it did not.

In that case, I can't tell you what your problem was, but I can
tell you that it's unique to you, and reflects someting unusual
about your situation or what you did. Your assertion that the
Windows ME upgrade CD is not recognized as qualifying media when
doing an clean installation of Windows XP with the Upgrade
version is *not* correct.

 

[Curt]

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In that case, I can't tell you what your problem was, but I can tell you
that it's unique to you, and reflects someting unusual about your
situation or what you did. Your assertion that the Windows ME upgrade CD
is not recognized as qualifying media when doing an clean installation of
Windows XP with the Upgrade version is *not* correct.

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I wasn't seeking an explanation.....just offering advice to the OP as I knew
it to be. I'm pleased that the OP will be able to use the ME upgrade to
install XP.

Curt.