Re: Upgrading to Windows XP Home from Win95

R. McCarty wrote:
There is another issue with rolling back a "Native" Vista machine to
XP. That is future peripheral use. While it's still mostly possible to
take a new machine and get XP running. Users need to understand
that any new peripherals they buy over the life-cycle of the computer
will likely not ship with XP drivers. Doing a Roll back may meet the
current needs but somewhere down the road a driver or app may
need to be installed that is not XP compliant.
The terrain is changing. When Vista first appeared it was a lack of
drivers for Vista. Now the reverse is becoming true - Only Vista
drivers or support for running in Vista.

"Big_Al" <BigAl@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:B483k.888$8q2.546@xxxxxxxxxxx
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.



The OP stated he was going to get a laptop, and this kinda implies a lack of customization, unlike a desktop. Do you still think this is an issue? I only ask in that I too have a laptop running XP, but it was designed for XP. Your comment seems to point at me too that any future hardware might be an issue, and other than IDE drives becoming an issue more and more today, I don't see any hardware I want in here. Course I bought bluetooth,firewire,usb,G wireless, so what more can I get in here. :-)

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