Re: Upgrade to XP Pro

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From: Harry Ohrn (harry---_at_webtree.ca)
Date: 01/07/05 

Date: Thu, 6 Jan 2005 22:00:46 -0600

If you have Windows 98 installed you should be able to do a clean install
using an Upgrade version on XP. Boot to the Windows 98 Desktop. Pop the XP
CD into the CD-Rom. Select Install. Change the install from
Upgrade[recommended] to New. Follow the on screen prompts and ensure you
install to C:\Windows. The install will see you have a qualifying product
and begin some of it's setup. It will reboot and the installation should
continue resulting in a clean install. 

-- 
Harry Ohrn MS-MVP [Shell/User]
www.webtree.ca/windowsxp
"Tosca" <no-spam@thank-you.com> wrote in message 
news:uiX4jPE9EHA.3124@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> Hi everyone
>
> I have an old laptop with 98SE preinstalled and I have the recovery disc
> that came with it.  I have a second laptop with XP Pro preinstalled and 
> I'm
> very happy with XP Pro.  I'd like to upgrade the old laptop to XP Pro (I
> realise that there may be hardware conflicts but I am investigating this)
> and I'd like to know if there is any sort of upgrade disc that I can use
> having reinstalled 98SE.  I've asked the manufacturer of the laptop and 
> they
> say that they only provide a disc that will restore it to the state it was
> when I purchased it.
>
> I suspect that I may have to buy a standard copy of the XP Pro disc and 
> I'm
> prepared to do that - unless there's a cheaper and legal way of upgrading
> from 98SE.  That is assuming that the laptop will run XP Pro without any
> problems!
>
> Thanks for your time.
>
>

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