Re: Upgrading to Windows XP Home from Win95

PD43 wrote:
Boris <boris-badenough@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

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.

You'd better be damned sure that Dell has XP drivers for the machine
you're going to buy or you might find yourself up sh*t creek without
a paddle. If you can buy a laptop with XP already installed, you'd be
much better off.


He's right. If the laptop comes with Vista, the hardware may be totally XP incompatible. Well, not so much the hardware itself, but the fact that the manufacturers may not have written drivers for it is more the issue.

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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