Windows 98/xp

[Chuck]

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I upgraded from 98se to xp home using the upgrade disc.
Did not install the full edition. I am getting a new
computer. Can i use the xp upgrade disc to load xp,
without having to load 98se first?

 

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"Chuck" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>I upgraded from 98se to xp home using the upgrade disc.
>Did not install the full edition. I am getting a new
>computer. Can i use the xp upgrade disc to load xp,
>without having to load 98se first?

Yes. But you need the Windows 98 SE CD during the installation.

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>-----Original Message-----
>"Chuck" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>
>>I upgraded from 98se to xp home using the upgrade disc.
>>Did not install the full edition. I am getting a new
>>computer. Can i use the xp upgrade disc to load xp,
>>without having to load 98se first?
>
>Yes. But you need the Windows 98 SE CD during the
installation.
>
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>.
>I do have the Windows 98 SE CD and book. How
complicated is the process?

 

[Guest]

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MAYBE

If the Windows 98SE was an OEM version, Chuck's license wouldn't be legaly
transferable to the new machine, and therefore the new computer wouldn't
have a qualifying OS to upgrade. Chuck might be obligated to get at an OEM
or Full version of Windows XP with the new computer.

"Thorsten Matzner" <tmatzner@gmx.net> wrote in message
news:e5oVa33kEHA.896@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> "Chuck" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>
> >I upgraded from 98se to xp home using the upgrade disc.
> >Did not install the full edition. I am getting a new
> >computer. Can i use the xp upgrade disc to load xp,
> >without having to load 98se first?
>
> Yes. But you need the Windows 98 SE CD during the installation.
>
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[Guest]

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"Chuck" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>I upgraded from 98se to xp home using the upgrade disc.
>Did not install the full edition. I am getting a new
>computer. Can i use the xp upgrade disc to load xp,
>without having to load 98se first?

Your XP Upgrade license is for a single computer so if you install it
on the new machine you will have to remove it from the old one.

You can do a "clean install" with the XP Upgrade. At one point during
the install you will be asked to insert the disk from a qualifying
product (earlier version of Windows) to prove your eligibility to use
the upgrade version. This just takes a few seconds.

Good luck


Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
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[Guest]

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<anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>>I do have the Windows 98 SE CD and book. How
>complicated is the process?

Not much. You will be prompted for to insert the CD. Do so and after
that the Windows XP installation will proceed.

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