[ale] OT: winxp upgrade version from scratch?

[James P. Kinney III]

Win98 is pretty much dead in the water as far as M$ is concerned. But it
sure plays games well.

My understanding is that the XP Home upgrade will upgrade from 98. The
XP Pro upgrade will upgrade from win2k. To blow away a hosed partition
and reinstall using XP will require the full version. 

Sadly, this is what you want unless you want to install 98 and THEN
upgrade to XP the next time the box gets fried.

You can get win2k from places like HL Computer ($179-OEM).

On Sun, 2003-01-05 at 19:26, David S. Jackson wrote:
> I have a friend whose existing Win98 fe installation is pretty well and
> truly hosed.  I recommended that he dump 98fe to something a little more
> stable, and XP was all there was in the store.  His 98 installation is
> so hosed that I don't think it would support an XP upgrade.  Can I just
> reformat the partition and install XP to a fresh partition and let XP
> ask me for an original 98 CD to prove he qualifies for the upgrade?
> Will the upgrade version of XP even do that?  Or will it require that he
> gets the "full version" of XP?
> 
> I don't want to make things any worse for him than they are, so I'd
> better know that info up front before I wipe the partition for him.  :-)
> 
> TIA!
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