Upgrading to Windows XP Home from Win95

From: Boris <boris-badenough@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 8 Jun 2008 22:29:38 -0700 (PDT)

Now that XP will be phased out, I'd like to purchase an upgrade
version to have around. I think I'll use it to install on a newly
purchased Dell Vista laptop, because I don't care for Vista. I have
anOEM version of XP that came on a Dell machine that I no longer use,
but I know that I can't use it on a new laptop per the license.

I do have a retail version of Windows 95 that is no longer in use.
I've read different articles that say Win95 is not an upgrade path to
XP, and some articles have said that it is.

My question is, can I, using an XP Home SP2 Upgrade disc, do a clean,
full install, and insert my Win95 disk when I'm asked for
verification?

Thank you.
.

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