Re: XP Home Edition issues
- From: "Ken Blake, MVP" <kblake@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 30 Sep 2006 12:54:23 -0700
Dave C wrote:
I have been advised that I should start the process of switching (not
upgrading) from 98 first edition to XP Home Edition from scratch.
Save all my files then wipe clean the hard drive then stick in the XP
Home Edition disc.
Poor advice, in my view. Although many people will tell you that formatting
and installing cleanly is the best way to go, I disagree. Unlike with
previous versions of Windows, an upgrade to XP replaces almost everything,
and usually works very well.
My recommendation is to at least try the upgrade, since it's much easier
than a clean installation. You can always change your mind and reinstall
cleanly if problems develop.
However, don't assume that doing an upgrade relieves you of the need to
backup your data, etc. before beginning. Before starting to upgrade, it's
always prudent to recognize that things like a sudden power loss can occur
in the middle of it and cause the loss of everything. For that reason you
should make sure you have backups and anything else you need to reinstall if
the worst happens.
But someone said that this is all done for me when
I insert the XP disc. I don't need to worry about how to wipe clean
my hard drive, for example, since the XP disc does this for me. Is
this how it goes?
That's correct. Just boot from the Windows XP CD (change the BIOS boot order
if necessary to accomplish this) and follow the prompts for a clean
installation (delete the existing partition by pressing "D" when prompted,
then create a new one).
You can find detailed instructions here:
http://michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html
or here http://windowsxp.mvps.org/XPClean.htm
or here http://www.webtree.ca/windowsxp/clean_install.htm
Also, I am getting broadband at the same time. But it has (the
broadband service) something called PCGuard. Some sort of protection
program. Will this interfere with the anti-virus and firewall
installed on XP Home Edition? I have a feeling they would conflict.
There *is* no anti-virus that comes with XP. Whther it will interfere with
XP's firewall, I don't know, since I've never heard of PCGuard.
Didn't I answer this question yesterday, perhaps in another newsgroup? If
so, please do not send the same message separately to more than one
newsgroup (called multiposting). Doing so just fragments the thread, so
someone who answers in one newsgroup doesn't get to see answers from others
in another newsgroup. And for those who read all the newsgroups the message
is multiposted to, they see the message multiple times instead of once (they
would see it only once if you correctly crossposted instead). This wastes
everyone's time, and gets you poorer help than you should get.
If you must send the same message to more than one newsgroup, please do so
by crossposting (but only to a *few* related newsgroups).
Please see "What is the accepted way to share a message across multiple
newsgroups?" at http://smjg.port5.com/faqs/usenet/xpost.html
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Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
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