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In news:07FA491C-3AD7-40E8-A263-E3E15AF550D2@microsoft.com,
Windows XP installation
<WindowsXPinstallation@discussions.microsoft.com> typed:
> Thank you for your help.
You're welcome. Always glad to help.
> Quick question tho ... would it be possible to put all my files
> namely the c: drive on a backup drive and then completely
> install
> windows xp? or would that be risky and not all programs would
> work?
> Thanks again
You can do that with your data files, but that won't work with
programs. The reason for this is that all programs but the
trivial are not just a single file. They have many components and
many references
to them (in the registry and elsewhere). You need all of these
for the program to work. So your programs will all have to
reinstalled under the new operating system.
--
Ken Blake
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> "Ken Blake" wrote:
>
>> In news:E18EFE7A-411A-490F-A23A-824D696762CB@microsoft.com,
>> Windows XP installation
>> <WindowsXPinstallation@discussions.microsoft.com> typed:
>>
>>> ooooh, i'm sorry. I dont want to lose any of my programs.
>>
>>
>> OK, you meant "lose," not "use." I understand now.
>>
>>
>>> Can i just
>>> use the windows xp home edition to upgrade or would that be a
>>> separate cd?
>>
>>
>> In that case, you want to do an upgrade, not a clean
>> installation. Sorry, but you can't do an upgrade from Windows
>> 2000 to XP Home, only to XP Professional. Because you want to
>> go
>> from 2000 *Professional* to XP *Home*, Microsoft considers
>> that a
>> downgrade and doesn't support it. Your only options are to do
>> a
>> clean installation of XP Home or to upgrade to XP
>> Professional.
>>
>> --
>> Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
>> Please reply to the newsgroup
>>
>>
>>> "Ken Blake" wrote:
>>>
>>>> In news:45AB3346-99E1-4B9A-8C68-0FB4A0D94D56@microsoft.com,
>>>> Windows XP installation <Windows XP
>>>> installation@discussions.microsoft.com> typed:
>>>>
>>>>> Can anyone tell how I can upgrade from windows 2000
>>>>> (currently
>>>>> using)
>>>>> to windows XP without using any of my files or folders or
>>>>> programs?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Sorry, I don't understand what you mean by "without using
>>>> any
>>>> of
>>>> my files or folders or programs." Do you want to install
>>>> Windows
>>>> XP cleanly (wiping out everything on the drive) using a
>>>> Windows
>>>> XP Upgrade CD?
>>>>
>>>> If so, you can do that without a problem. Choose the New
>>>> Install
>>>> option.
>>>>
>>>> You can find detailed instructions here:
>>>>
http://michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html
>>>>
>>>> or here
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/XPClean.htm
>>>>
>>>> or here
http://www.webtree.ca/windowsxp/clean_install.htm
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> However, my recommendation is to at least try the upgrade,
>>>> since
>>>> it's much easier than a clean installation. You can always
>>>> change
>>>> your mind and reinstall cleanly if problems develop.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
>>>> Please reply to the newsgroup
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