XP Home upgrade from Win ME Japanese version

[David vun Kannon]

My family has a laptop with the Japanese version of ME loaded. We would like
to upgrade it to XP Home. After buying and attempting to use the XP Home
upgrade, I find that Setup will refuse to upgrade across language versions.

Any advice on how to work around this problem?

Thanks,
David

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

One cannot upgrade from one language version to another.
You'll need to purchase a "Full English Version" of
Windows XP and perform a "Clean Install".

Otherwise, you'll need to purchase a "Japanese Upgrade Version"
of Windows XP and upgrade your existing Japanese ME
installation to Japanese Windows XP.

Clean Install Windows XP
http://michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html

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Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User

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| My family has a laptop with the Japanese version of ME loaded. We would like
| to upgrade it to XP Home. After buying and attempting to use the XP Home
| upgrade, I find that Setup will refuse to upgrade across language versions.
|
| Any advice on how to work around this problem?
|
| Thanks,
| David

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

One cannot upgrade from one language version to another.
You'll need to purchase a "Full English Version" of
Windows XP and perform a "Clean Install".

A*much* cheaper choice would be to buy a used copy of Windows 98, and use
its CD as a qualifying previous version for doing a clean installation with
the Upgrade version he has already bought.