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From: Jim Macklin (p51mustang[threeX12)
Date: 02/15/04 

Date: Sun, 15 Feb 2004 08:07:23 -0600

The XP CD is bootable, set your BIOS to boot the CD first in
order.

When you select the install option and point to C: the
install program will see the current ME OS, it will ask for
your intentions, select to do a clean install and you will
be able to reformat the C: drive as NTFS and do your
install. You can also select to do an upgrade and keep your
installed applications.

You should be able to convert FAT32 file systems on each
drive after you have XP running.

I would do the install with the current 512 MB RAM, it is
more than enough.

Disconnect all un-needed peripherals, printers, scanners, so
XP won't have to do the OS install and find drivers for all
the extra stuff at same time. Sometimes this can cause the
install to hang.

I would personally plan on doing a clean install on C:;
reformatting to NTFS at that time. Then I would reinstall
my applications. I would convert each drive to NTFS, it
should do so without data loss, but I would backup to
another partition data that I could not replace.

I would read the articles on the upgrade that MSKB has and
the third-party articles by the MVPs.
"Robert Stewart" <Canonman@triad.rr.com> wrote in message
news:vPKXb.9275$eL2.910902@twister.southeast.rr.com...
| Here is the situation. I have finally had it with Windows
ME and I plan on
| doing a fresh install using the Windows XP Pro Upgrade. I
will also be
| installing (2) 512MB DDR RAM modules from Crucial. Here
are my questions.
|
| 1. I currently have 512MB SDRAM, should I remove this and
install the new
| memory (1GB DDR) before I do a fresh install of XP (I am
aware that you
| cannot mix the 2 memory types), or should I leave the
current 512 SDRAM in
| and replace it after the fresh install of XP? Windows ME
has a limit of
| 512MB, yet another reason I am dumping it for XP.
|
| 2. I also have a question about the file system. Here is
my current setup.
| I have 2 separate hard drives. The first is an 80GB that
is broken up into
| 3 separate partitions (C, D, and E). Of course, C is used
for the OS and
| programs. D is used for family downloads, pictures,
songs, etc. E is used
| to store my digital images, I am into photography, and MS
Office files. The
| second hard drive is the old 60GB drive that I had before
I bought the 80GB
| and it is also partitioned into 3 (F, G, and H) and is
mainly used for
| backup purposes. Both drives are using the FAT32 system
that ME requires.
| I would like to use the NTFS file system after I install
XP Pro. The
| information that came with the upgrade states that I can
convert to NTFS at
| any time. I had only planned on doing a reformat of the C
drive partition
| to do the upgrade, leaving D, E, F, G, and H alone and
intact. Can I change
| to the NTFS file system and still leave the other in FAT32
or do I have to
| convert everything at once? Would it be a better idea to
leave the file
| system as FAT32 until after the upgrade and then change to
NTFS? I have a
| feeling that I am totally confused about how this is
handled, so feel free
| to set me straight.
|
| 3. I have had to do a fresh install of Windows ME 3 times
in 3 years and I
| always used the same startup floppy disk to run FDISK and
FORMAT. Do I need
| to have a new startup disk to reformat the C drive or can
I just use the
| same one that I was using with ME? If I do indeed need a
new disk, where do
| I get it?
|
| I am sure that I am not the only person out there that has
performed a
| similar upgrade and I would like to have some input from
you before I start.
| Any advise would be greatly appreciated.
|
|
|
|
| --
| Robert Stewart
| RWS Photography http://tinyurl.com/n3mx
|
|
|
|

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