Re: Did you do a direct UPGRADE from WIN98SE? Did it work for you?

From: Michael Stevens (mstevens_at_bogusmvps.org)
Date: 09/18/04 

Date: Sat, 18 Sep 2004 00:31:18 -0700

Harry Ohrn wrote:
> One thing to consider is what is meant by the term "runs slower". If I
> believe that doing a clean install is always better then I am going
> to be more sensitive to performance problems occurring if I run an
> Upgrade. It is true that a clean install will initially seem to run
> faster than an upgrade. But what happens to the speed difference as
> you begin installing applications and bringing the system closer to
> the system state that the upgrade is in?
>
> Try this. Do a clean install of XP using the FAT32 format, defrag,
> and run some basic benchmark tests. Then do a clean install of 98SE
> and immediately follow that up by upgrading to XP, defrag and then
> run the same tests. See if there is a significant difference in
> performance.

Harry,
That was a brilliant analysis of why people think the clean install is
faster than the upgrade. I have witnessed the exact behavior on several
systems. After the clean install system is built up to the same as what the
upgrade would be, the difference is negligible. 

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