Re: Stability of an Upgrade to Windows XP?

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On Jul 6, 8:23 pm, "Bill" <Bill124...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I've bought a used 2GHz Windows XP computer that I think is an upgrade from Windows ME
(under user accounts there is a description for 'newuser' that states "Account upgraded
from Windows Millennium Edition"). I have not yet hooked the computer up to the
internet.

I've run Norton DiskDoctor and Norton Windoctor. I've already scanned for viruses and
spyware.

Is there anything I can do to check/test the stability of this used Windows XP system?

Thanks!!!

Hello Bill,

I've done the upgrade from Millennium thing, leaving Millennium intact
and simply upgrading the existing Millennium installation to XP. My
advice is that this is a bad idea as it carries all the Millennium
junk with it. If there's nothing on the current XP installation that
you need (you can always save data etc. to removable media or a
separate partition), and if you have the XP Upgrade CD and you also
have a Millennium CD (or a Windows 98 CD), then my advice is to wipe
the drive (format it) and use the upgrade XP CD to install XP from
scratch. During the install, when you are asked for a qualifying
installation to upgrade from, simply insert the Millennium (or Windows
98) CD, let it be recognized, remove it, re-insert the XP CD, and
carry on with the install.


.

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