Re: Installation question, Windows xp Home Edition, version 2002

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In news:2D5946FF-5219-4521-9CC0-02A4A9D5EB3D@xxxxxxxxxxxxx,
dk7195 <dk7195@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> typed:

> It's reading the CD up to that point. In fact, it looks as
> though the
> "Upgrade" option is installing fine. I just wanted a clean
> install vs
> the upgrade. This machine has had it's share of malware &
> spyware,
> wearware, you-name-it-ware that I wanted to erase these
> problems in
> the upgrade.


Just a thought: is it possible that it prompted you for the
previous version's CD as proof of ownership (as I said below) and
you accidentally just pressed enter too quickly without reading
the message? It would then be trying to use your XP CD as proof
of ownership and rejecting it.

Try it again, and see if the same thing happens.

--
Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
Please reply to the newsgroup


> "Ken Blake" wrote:
>
>> In news:44F72155-0584-40BB-8F5B-953037EB3471@xxxxxxxxxxxxx,
>> dk7195 <dk7195@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> typed:
>>
>>> The box does say UPGRADE. So does that mean you can't do a
>>> clean
>>> install?
>>
>>
>> No, it doesn't mean that. The requirement to use an upgrade
>> version is to *own* a previous qualifying version's
>> installation
>> CD, not to have it installed. When setup doesn't find a
>> previous
>> qualifying version installed, it will prompt you to insert its
>> CD
>> as proof of ownership. You just insert the previous version's
>> CD,
>> and follow the prompts. Everything proceeds quite normally and
>> quite legitimately.
>>
>> But your situation is different. You say you're getting the
>> message "Setup could not read the CD you inserted, or the CD
>> is
>> not a valid windows CD." That has nothing to do with a clean
>> installation vs. an upgrade. It would seem that your CD is
>> defective or damaged.
>>
>> --
>> Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
>> Please reply to the newsgroup
>>
>>
>>> "Alias" wrote:
>>>
>>>> It should say whether it's an update or not. Maybe you could
>>>> look at
>>>> it and tell us?
>>>>
>>>> Alias
>>>>
>>>> "dk7195" <dk7195@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote
>>>>
>>>>> No, there was no prompt to verify my existing version.
>>>>>
>>>>> "T. Waters" wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Based on the price you paid, you may have an upgrade
>>>>>> version.
>>>>>> Upgrade XP disks usually ask for a previous version of
>>>>>> Windows,
>>>>>> though. Did
>>>>>> you see a request at some point to insert a disk for a
>>>>>> previous
>>>>>> version of
>>>>>> Windows?
>>>>>> PS: You CAN do a clean install with an upgrade disk, but
>>>>>> first you
>>>>>> have to
>>>>>> "show" XP Upgrade Version a qualifying previous version of
>>>>>> Windows.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "dk7195" <dk7195@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
>>>>>> message
>>>>>> news:C991A107-D838-4A27-8D5E-5552A51447BF@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>>>> I want a clean installation. I've backed up all the files
>>>>>>> I
>>>>>>> want
>>>>>>> to save
>>>>>> to
>>>>>>> removeable storage. I've made my CD drive the first boot
>>>>>>> sequence
>>>>>>> in the
>>>>>>> BIOS. After the installation begins, I get the following
>>>>>>> error
>>>>>>> message: Setup could not read the CD you inserted, or the
>>>>>>> CD is
>>>>>>> not a valid windows CD. I
>>>>>>> bought this at Circuit City, $99. Is there some
>>>>>>> difference
>>>>>>> in
>>>>>>> versions that will only allow an upgrade and not a clean
>>>>>>> install??
>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>> dk7195


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