[ale] OT: winxp upgrade version from scratch?

[Klepinger, Aaron]

i recommend repartitioning, reformatting and installing from scratch.  

i concur with Greg.  with the win98 upgrade disk, you could install win98
from scratch on a blank hard drive by just putting in the win95 disk when
prompted.  this is the route i would go with winxp home.

to get files off the disk before wiping, you could dual boot, put the hd in
another machine, or install win98 into a new directory on C:

good luck!
aaron

-----Original Message-----
From: Greg [mailto:runman at telocity.com]
To: ale at ale.org
Sent: Monday, January 06, 2003 12:25 AM
To: ale at ale.org
Subject: RE: [ale] OT: winxp upgrade version from scratch?


In the past (Win 2k pro upgrade), you boot off of the upgrade disk and it
will ask you for the old (in my case Win 98) disk if it did not detect the
old system. So... boot up with XP and insert a Win 98 disk when it asks for
it.  What kind of Win 98 errors are you getting ?? I just fixed my Win 98  -
it would not boot either, it having vxd errors.  However it was a dual boot
so I just used the other system.  You know, you could use another system to
"operate" on the hosed disk if you don't want to reinstall.

Greg Canter

> -----Original Message-----
> From: ale-admin at ale.org [mailto:ale-admin at ale.org]On Behalf Of James P.
> Kinney III
> Sent: Sunday, January 05, 2003 10:43 PM
> To: Atlanta Linux User Group (E-mail)
> Subject: Re: [ale] OT: winxp upgrade version from scratch?
>
>
> 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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