Re: Upgrading from Windows ME to XP Pro

From: Bruce Chambers (bchambers_at_nospamcableone.net)
Date: 03/14/04 

Date: Sun, 14 Mar 2004 12:47:03 -0700

Greetings --

    WinXP is designed to install and upgrade the existing operating
system while simultaneously preserving your applications and data, and
translating as many personalized settings as possible. The process is
designed to be, and normally is, quite painless. That said, things
can go wrong, in a small number of cases. If your data is at all
important to you, back it up before proceeding.

    Have you made sure that your PC's hardware components are capable
of supporting WinXP? This information will be found at the PC's
manufacturer's web site, and on Microsoft's Windows Catalog:
(http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/hcl/default.mspx) Additionally, run
Microsoft WinXP Upgrade Advisor to see if you have any incompatible
hardware components or applications.

    You should, before proceeding, take a few minutes to ensure that
there are WinXP device drivers available for all of the machine's
components. There may not be, if the PC was specifically designed for
Win98/Me. Also bear in mind that PCs designed for, sold and run fine
with Win9x/Me very often do not meet WinXP's much more stringent
hardware quality requirements. This is particularly true of many
models in Compaq's consumer-class Presario product line or HP's
consumer-class Pavilion product line. WinXP, like WinNT and Win2K
before it, is quite sensitive to borderline defective or substandard
hardware (particularly motherboards, RAM and hard drives) that will
still support Win9x.

HOW TO Prepare to Upgrade Win98 or WinMe
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q316639

Upgrading to Windows XP
http://aumha.org/win5/a/xpupgrad.htm

Bruce Chambers 

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"Elizabeth" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message 
news:ccb801c409f8$b3ddbf50$a501280a@phx.gbl...
> One thing I'm not clear on with the idea of upgrading,
> though....
>
>
> I have a laptop running Windows 98. I have a lot of
> software on it that I need to work. I estimate it would
> take about a week (yes, that long) to reinstall all of the
> software I need if I started from a clean system.
>
> If I upgrade from Windows 98 to Windows XP (after flashing
> the BIOS and all of that stuff...) will my installed
> software still be there? Or does part of the Upgrade
> process wipe out all non-Microsoft OS software and I'd have
> to start over again?
>
> Thanks for any info you can give me
>
> (P.S. I've already planned to make a ghost image of the '98
> in case it doesn't work right - I figure I can return to
> the old OS that way.... is this also a good idea or
> possible to do?)
>

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