XP Pro upgrade

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The Ice Man Cometh

Somebody please help. I have aDell laptop running Windows ME. I have
brought a ful version of XP pro to upgrade. The MS website you can upgrade
most OS to XP Pro. When I install the disk and start setup it tells me that
it canont upgrade ME but will do a Clean Install, I assume that this means
Dual Boot. So I upgraded to W2k pro, No problems there. But then when I
went upgrade to XP Pro same old message. Is there any way around this, does
anyone know. I don't want to do a clean install as I dont have the space
available on C' for a dual boot and I don't want to format and start again.
I have this horrible feeling that the only option will be to start from
Scratch.

The Ice Man Cometh, Watching Me, Watching You, Watching Me!!
 
Apparently, you acquired an OEM version of XP which does not perform
upgrades. You need a "Retail Version" if you wish to upgrade.
 
Thanks for that guys, yes I have stupidly brought an OEM copy. Had I
reliazed that's why it was so cheap I wouldn't have brought it. Al for the
sake of a few pounds. Oh Well time to re-format.

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