Re: Upgrade from 98 to XP
From: Alex Nichol (alexn.mvpdts_at_ntlworld.delete.com)
Date: 05/19/04
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Date: Wed, 19 May 2004 17:19:38 +0100
Rangen wrote:
>My computer is running on Windows 98 2nd edition, an "OEM" version.
>
>Do I need to purchase a full version of XP to upgrade?
>Or all I need is an Upgrade version?
An Upgrade will do the job fine. You run the CD from the existing
system. Only potential problem would be that *if* you ever needed to do
a clean reinstall, you would have to restore the original system first
Before starting make sure that your hardware is adequate - a 98 machine
may well not be. You need *more* than the recommended 128MB RAM; I
would want 256, and about a 400 MHz CPU as bottom end; otherwise stay
put. And read Gary Woodruff's article on upgrading to XP at
http://www.aumha.org/win5/a/xpupgrad.htm
-- Alex Nichol MS MVP (Windows Technologies) Bournemouth, U.K. Alexn@mvps.D8E8L.org (remove the D8 bit)
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