Chas wrote:
> Can I just install xp over me ...........

You can install XP *over* any OS.. That would be what is called a "Clean
Installation" and would remove all remnants of everything else that was on
that partition.

You can *upgrade* Windows 9x/ME/2000 to Windows XP *if* you have a Retail
Windows XP CD.

What is it you are actually trying to do?

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