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Colin Westley <colin@NOSPAMyorks.karoo.co.uk> respectfully replied ;-)
> Thanks to everyone for the responses...
> If I take the reformat route, which would be preferable for me, which
> would be the qualifying CD? The original Win95 or the WinMe upgrade,
> or indeed both?
>
Always prep for a clean install but take the option to upgrade first. If you
remove all non-compatible hardware and software plus backing up all data not
available from other sources, the likely result of the upgrade will be a
success, and if for some obscure reason it isn't, you are prepared for the
clean install. If the upgrade is a success, you saved hours, days, weeks in
time and possible lost data forgotten in the backup. If the upgrade is not a
success, you lost the time it took to upgrade, plus the time deciding it
didn't work. 2-2 1/2 hours or more for procrastinators compared to the clean
install time needed to reach the same level.
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> On Fri, 8 Apr 2005 10:47:02 -0700, "T. Waters" <@$%$%#^@jdjgkl.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Also, if you would like to reformat and do a clean install, you have
>> the option of doing a clean install from the upgrade CD, once you
>> show Windows the qualifying CD.
>>
>> "Colin Westley" <colin@NOSPAMyorks.karoo.co.uk> wrote in message
>> news:al0d51h4uia48v41ushad6n3ds1opea1rm@4ax.com...
>>> I have a pc which was originaly running Win95 and was then upgraded
>>> to WinMe via a retail WinMe upgrade CD. Does this combination now
>>> allow me to further upgrade to WinXP. Or do I have to buy the full
>>> XP installation ?