Upgrade from IBM's 98SE to XP Home

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Before you spend any dosh, download and run the XP Upgrade Advisor from

http://download.microsoft.com/download/whistler/Utility...

This will show up any potential problems.

--
Neil

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"Paperhawk" <Paperhawk@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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|I own a computer purchased from IBM with Win98SE pre-installed (OEM).
Would
| like to upgrade to XP Home; I have the 98SE Product Recovery CD and
also know
| the CD installation key. Will an XP Upgrade CD work in this case
(either as
| an upgrade or new install) or will I have to buy the full version?
Thanks.

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Thank you both for your replies; in terms of the upgrade advisor, have
already ran the upgrade advisor from another XP cd and besides the usual
uninstall/reinstall of antivirus, etc. it was silent on the matter. So I
guess that it looks like only an upgrade is possible (too bad, I prefer clean
installs) so I will take this on in a few days pending any other advice or
comments. Thanks again guys!

"Neil Howie" wrote:

> Before you spend any dosh, download and run the XP Upgrade Advisor from
>
> http://download.microsoft.com/download/whistler/Utility...
>
> This will show up any potential problems.
>
> --
> Neil
>
> Anti-spam - Domain is really oakleaf ~ idps ~ co ~ uk (change ~ to dot)
>
>
> "Paperhawk" <Paperhawk@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:EFCDDCE6-1049-4B63-96D7-31309A27F9BB@microsoft.com...
> |I own a computer purchased from IBM with Win98SE pre-installed (OEM).
> Would
> | like to upgrade to XP Home; I have the 98SE Product Recovery CD and
> also know
> | the CD installation key. Will an XP Upgrade CD work in this case
> (either as
> | an upgrade or new install) or will I have to buy the full version?
> Thanks.
>
>
>

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support (More info?)

Only as an upgrade not as a new install as you don't have a 98 CD to insert
to prove you own it
"Paperhawk" <Paperhawk@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:EFCDDCE6-1049-4B63-96D7-31309A27F9BB@microsoft.com...
> I own a computer purchased from IBM with Win98SE pre-installed (OEM).
Would
> like to upgrade to XP Home; I have the 98SE Product Recovery CD and also
know
> the CD installation key. Will an XP Upgrade CD work in this case (either
as
> an upgrade or new install) or will I have to buy the full version?
Thanks.