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Ah Partition Magic...yes I am aware of it. I went through my own private
little hell a year ago trying to partition a laptop that came with XP Home
into 2 partitions so that I could install XP Pro in the new partition.
Couldn't get it to work until after about 2 months Symantec came out with a
patch for its software to work with XP.
I'm not sure that I see your point, though. My thought was to purchase a
completely separate drive and do a new install of XP on that drive. The
issue, in my mind, was then how to dual-boot to either of the 2 OSes that
would exist after the drive was installed. So, I wouldn't need to change the
existing Win95 partition, just create a completely separate bootable XP
partition on a separate drive.
"Pop" wrote:
> Yes, it's possible but, IMO, a little complicated unless you have
> something like Partition Magic, which was recently sold by
> Powerdesk to Symantec and still has all Powerdesk
> links/references to Powerdesk. I bought it for a decent price
> since it's available at Symantec as an "upgrade" for most of
> their product line, including AV.
>
> Pop
>
> PS - Symantec = Norton icywa
>
> "anyware" <anyware@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:571D73BC-FB2D-40E6-898C-0AC53C24027B@microsoft.com...
> | Carey,
> |
> | Thank you for the informative links. I, too, am attempting
> to upgrade my
> | Win95 setup to XP Home. I see that this is not possible using
> convention
> | means...my attempt was to upgrade using my MSDN Pro
> subscription dvd of XP
> | Home.
> |
> | My question is...if I install a new hard disk and do a clean
> install of
> | XP from my dvd, will I effectively have a dual-boot system? I
> read somewhere
> | that XP can be installed into any logical partition, so is it
> correct to
> | assume that a setup of Win95 on C: and XP Home on D: would be
> possible?
> | Also, how would I set up the dual-boot, or does XP handle this
> for me while
> | creating the new XP partition?
> |
> | Bottom line...is there a reasonable means for me to
> "migrate" my old 95
> | configuration (programs, reg settings, etc.) to XP, or at least
> get them to
> | co-exist in a dual-boot environment (the former scenario is
> preferable)?
> |
> | Thank you.
> |
> | "Carey Frisch [MVP]" wrote:
> |
> | > One cannot upgrade to Windows XP from Windows 95.
> | > A "clean install" of Windows XP is required, assuming your
> | > hardware meets the minimum requirements to install and run
> | > Windows XP.
> | >
> | > Windows XP supported upgrade paths
> | >
>
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;292607&Product=winxp
> | >
> | > System Requirements for Windows XP Operating Systems
> | >
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=314865
> | >
> | > Windows XP Upgrade Advisor
> | >
>
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;307726
> | >
> | > Clean Install Windows XP
> | >
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html
> | >
> | > [Courtesy of MS-MVP Michael Stevens]
> | >
> | > --
> | > Carey Frisch
> | > Microsoft MVP
> | > Windows XP - Shell/User
> | >
> | > Be Smart! Protect Your PC!
> | >
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/protect/default.aspx
> | >
> |
> > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> | >
> | > "JerryA" wrote:
> | >
> | > | Will a person lose all his programs on Win95 if one loads
> WinXP oer it ???
> | >
>
>
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