Re: going from 98 to XP
From: Bruce J. Weiers (Bruce_J_Weiers_at_msn.com)
Date: 03/14/04
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Date: Sun, 14 Mar 2004 11:42:05 -0800
"danielle" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Hi!
> I am not the most computer literate person out there! I am
> currently running on 98 but want to put XP Professional
> on. My question is I have heard of "Ghosting" or something
> like that i think and I just want to know can I save all
> my stuff from 98 and put it srtaight into XP or will XP
> spot it!
>
> I told you I was not that computer literate!
I would second SDC's recommendation to do a clean install, even though
doing an upgrade install would preserve your installed programs, and
could, theoretically, save you a lot of time. But, it requires more
careful preparation to be successful. A "clean install" is one where
you install to a newly formatted hard drive -- not keeping anything from
your old installation; an "upgrade install" is one where you install
"over" your existing Win98 installation, and almost all your installed
programs remain in place.
Be sure your hardware can handle XP -- anything less than 400 MHz and
256 MB RAM is not going to be worth the trouble of upgrading.
Microsoft has an Upgrade Advisor, which will provide you a lot
critically need information, especially if you want to do an upgrade
install -- like what programs have to uninstalled prior to upgrading.
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/home/howtobuy/upgrading/advisor.asp
One alternative to doing an elaborate backup prior to a clean install is
to buy a new harddrive. Probably a small harddrive (30-40 MB) would be
best, because your machine may not be able to handle a bigger drive.
They are not that expensive. Take the old harddrive out, put the new
harddrive in its place as the master drive. Then, install WinXP on the
new harddrive. When the system is up and running satisfactorily, put
the old harddrive in as a secondary or slave drive, and you can copy the
document files, etc., to the new drive.
You cannot just copy programs, though. While upgrading to XP on the old
system would preserve the installed programs (or most them), doing a
clean install means most programs would have to reinstalled. You cannot
just copy the programs to the new system on the new harddrive.
(Exceptions are some really simple old games and, especially useful, AOL
can usually repair its own installation, after being copied.)
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