Re: Going to Buy but heres a question I need answered to make my decision!
From: Bruce Chambers (bchambers_at_nospamcableone.net)
Date: 05/02/04
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Date: Sun, 2 May 2004 17:12:47 -0600
Greetings --
It'll be your choice. You can elect to perform an upgrade,
thereby preserving your currently installed applications and data, or
you can chose to perform a new installation, which should - if
performed correctly - erase everything from the hard drive and give
you a fresh start.
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
-- Help us help you: http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html You can have peace. Or you can have freedom. Don't ever count on having both at once. -- RAH "Soldier91" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:743501c43075$9b8a5e60$a301280a@phx.gbl... > Hello, > Before I buy XP. I just wanted to know if it will erase > any of my programs currently installed on my computer. For > example my computer games and documents. I really want to > get xp but I don't want my stuff to be erased. I am > upgrading from a windows ME. A reply would be very helpful. > Thank You, > Soldier91
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