XP Home upgrade version

[Bryon]

Is it true that you can do a clean install from
an Update version of XP Home ?. Do I need start up disks
of 98se? which i'm running now. The CPU came loaded with
98se and all I have is system restore disks which is
loaded with other Soft and Hardware as well.
I guess what I'm really asking is what's the diff between
XP Home Upgarde and XP full

 

[Guest]

With the upgrade XP you need the the Windows 98 cd during
install it will ask you for that. The full version of XP
doesn't require a previous Windows CD. However the full
version of XP costs more than the upgrade version.
Upgrade is around $90-$100. Full version of XP is around
$190-$200. Here's the clean install instructions. Clean
install provides better stabilty.

http://michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html

 

[Rich Barry]

Bryon, my understanding is that you can upgrade from Win98SE to WinXP Home
but in order to do a
Clean Install you will need the Win98SE CD. A Full Version has no such
restriction.

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

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Is it true that you can do a clean install from
an Update version of XP Home ?.

Yes.


Do I need start up disks
of 98se? which i'm running now.

No.


The CPU came loaded with
98se and all I have is system restore disks which is
loaded with other Soft and Hardware as well.

Your system restore disk won't help. To do a clean installation
with the UPgrade version, you either have to have a previous
version loaded (as you do) or you have to have a previous
version's installation CD.

I guess what I'm really asking is what's the diff between
XP Home Upgarde and XP full

Both will do either a clean installation or an upgrade. The only
difference is that to do a clean insatallation with the upgrade
version, you need proof of ownership of a previous version,
either installed or on an installation CD.

Note that what you have will permit you to do a clean
installation now, but without a 98 installation CD, you won't be
able to do a clean installation again in the future.

Also, in the interest of being complete, let me point out that
there is a third type besides Full and Upgrade. That's the OEM
version. The OEM version can only legally be sold with hardware,
although these days, any piece of hardware, even a power cord,
qualifies. Although if you get a complete generic OEM version, it
contains the same software, it has the following disadvantages as
compared with the retail version:

1. Its license ties it permanently to the first computer it's
installed on. It can never legally be moved to another computer,
sold, or given away.

2. It can only do a clean installation, not an upgrade.

3. Microsoft provides no support for OEM versions. You can't call
them with a problem, but instead have to get any needed support
from your OEM; that support may range anywhere between good and
non-existent. Or you can get support elsewhere, such as in these
newsgroups.

 

[Guest]

So I can do a Clean Install now and get an OEM of 98se
for later upgrades or whatever I need it for ? Or will my
system ask for the originally loaded product key ?

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

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So I can do a Clean Install now and get an OEM of 98se
for later upgrades or whatever I need it for ?

Yes. You would only need it if you ever wanted to do another
clean installation.

Be aware, though, that it has to be an OEM installation CD, not a
restore CD.

Or will my
system ask for the originally loaded product key ?

No.

--
Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
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[Bruce Chambers]

Greetings --

It's possible to perform a clean installation using the
Upgrade CD, provided you have the true installation CD for the earlier
OS.

Simply boot from the WinXP Upgrade CD. You'll be offered the
opportunity to delete, create, and format partitions as part of the
installation process. 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.


Bruce Chambers
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[Alex Nichol]

Is it true that you can do a clean install from
an Update version of XP Home ?. Do I need start up disks
of 98se? which i'm running now. The CPU came loaded with
98se and all I have is system restore disks which is
loaded with other Soft and Hardware as well.

You can do a clean install, but you have to show an upgrade CD's setup
the evidence. Which is easy if you have a retail type 98 CD, with a
win98 folder of cab files. If you only have one of the restore ones
that puts an image back you would have to restore that and then run the
XP CD from it. Start on Install; change Upgrade to New install, then
when it asks you to confirm where, hit ESC, You can then select and
delete the partition to make a new RAW one: by that time the check has
been made

Mind you, if you do an upgrade of he system now (which replaces all the
system so generally goes well) you quite probably will not have to do a
full reinstall with format in the future. This machine was upgraded
from a shaky ME in 2001, and I have had no reason to do such a thing