I Have A New Bought A Second User Pc And Want To Install Xp Over 98 On
My Old Hard Disk, How Can I Do This Without Using An Upgrade Version Of
Xp And How Difficult A Task Is This, Please Help.


Very Confused!!


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firefox337

You need to purchase a "Retail Upgrade Version" of Windows XP
in order to upgrade over an existing Windows 98 installation.

Windows XP Home Edition Upgrade Center
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/h...g/default.mspx

How Do I Use the Windows XP Upgrade Advisor?
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/p...g/advisor.mspx

Here's What You Need to Use Windows XP Home Edition
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/h...n/sysreqs.mspx

How to Get Windows XP Home Edition
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/h...y/default.mspx

Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition Upgrade With Service Pack 2
http://www.walmart.com/catalog/produ...uct_id=3327608

How to prepare to upgrade Windows 98 or Windows Millennium Edition to Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;316639

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Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User
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"firefox337" wrote:

| I Have A New Bought A Second User Pc And Want To Install Xp Over 98 On
| My Old Hard Disk, How Can I Do This Without Using An Upgrade Version Of
| Xp And How Difficult A Task Is This, Please Help.
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| Very Confused!!
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| firefox337

"firefox337" <firefox337.1woulq@pcbanter.net> wrote in message
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> I Have A New Bought A Second User Pc And Want To Install Xp Over 98 On
> My Old Hard Disk, How Can I Do This Without Using An Upgrade Version Of
> Xp And How Difficult A Task Is This, Please Help.
>
>
> Very Confused!!
>
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> firefox337


Do you have the install media for Windows 98? If so, the upgrade version of
Windows XP will still work. The upgrade version can still do a fresh
install of the OS but you will need proof that you own a prior qualifying
version. Otherwise, a full retail version will let you upgrade (i.e.,
migrate) or do a fresh install. An OEM version will also do a fresh
install. It will only do a full install (i.e., you can't use an OEM version
as an upgrade to migrate to the new OS). EVERY version will let you do a
full fresh install; however, the upgrade version will require proof of a
prior OS version since it is an "upgrade" version.

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Firefox

It is impossible to upgrade to XP without using a version that has upgrade
capability.. you can use either the retail upgrade or the retail full
version.. without either of those, you are stuck with Windows 98.. BUT
...............

....... if you buy the OEM version of XP, you can first save all of your
important data, and then clean install XP onto your system.. the retail full
version will do this too..

The retail upgrade requires qualifying media in the form of a Windows 98 CD,
for example..


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Mike Hall
MVP - Windows Shell/User


"firefox337" <firefox337.1woulq@pcbanter.net> wrote in message
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>
> I Have A New Bought A Second User Pc And Want To Install Xp Over 98 On
> My Old Hard Disk, How Can I Do This Without Using An Upgrade Version Of
> Xp And How Difficult A Task Is This, Please Help.
>
>
> Very Confused!!
>
>
> --
> firefox337

In news:firefox337.1woulq@pcbanter.net,
firefox337 <firefox337.1woulq@pcbanter.net> typed:

> I Have A New Bought A Second User Pc And Want To Install Xp
> Over 98 On
> My Old Hard Disk, How Can I Do This Without Using An Upgrade
> Version
> Of Xp


You can do an upgrade with either the Full Retail version or the
Upgrade version. But you can *not* do an upgrade with an OEM
version.


> And How Difficult A Task Is This, Please Help.


It's very easy, and normally works fine. Just follow the prompts.
However there are no guarantees that it always works perfectly.
However unlikely, it's always possible that something might go
wrong. For that reason it's prudent to be sure you have a backup
of anything you can't afford to lose before beginning.

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Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
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"firefox337" <firefox337.1woulq@pcbanter.net> wrote in message
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>
> I Have A New Bought A Second User Pc And Want To Install Xp Over 98 On
> My Old Hard Disk, How Can I Do This Without Using An Upgrade Version Of
> Xp And How Difficult A Task Is This, Please Help.
>
>
> Very Confused!!
>
>
> --
> firefox337

Your post is extremely difficult to read. Why do you need to capitalize the
first letter of each word?

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Harry Ohrn MS-MVP [Shell/User]
www.webtree.ca/windowsxp