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Windows XP Home upgrade?
Windows XP Home upgrade?
Re: xp home upgrade clean install
Andrea,Yes, provided that you have a "recognizable" CD from a prior qualifying OS.
Many "recovery disks" that come with computers are NOT "recognizable" by
WinXP Upgrade CDs and thus will leave you with a major problem.
At the beginning of the install, it will request you to put a prior OS CD in
the drive and it will read some areas to determine that you are legally
eligible, then it will instruct you to put the WinXP CD back in and continue
the install.
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"andrea" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Can I reformat the hardrive and do a clean install with a
> Windows XP Home upgrade?
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Re: xp home upgrade clean install
Hello AndreaSure you can, just one catch, you will need a copy of a qualifying
media(98,98SE,ME,NT4,W2K)(restore CD's will not work)for and one point
during the install it will have you insert it, this is to prove that you own
a previous version to qualify for and upgrade.
The XP CD comes with all the tools to do a complete delete, partition and
formatting the harddrive.
Disconnect all peripherals except for the Monitor, Mouse and Keyboard before
beginning.
You will need to boot from the CD and after your puter goes through the POST
a message will appear, Press any Key to Boot From CD (press the space bar)
and the install will begin.
When the blue screen appears you will press Enter then F8 to accept the
license and then it will walk you through deleting and formatting. Do the
regular NTFS format not the quick one.
About half way through the install your computer will restart and you will
see the message Press any Key to Boot from CD this time you will do nothing
and it will continue with the install.
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/cleanxp.htm
After install be sure to visit the MS Windows Update site and download all
the critical updates for your security and safety.
http://v4.windowsupdate.microsoft.com/en/default.asp
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Re: xp home upgrade clean install
andrea wrote:> Can I reformat the hardrive and do a clean install with aYes, as long as you have a Win95/98/Me CD to insert for qualifying media..
> Windows XP Home upgrade?
You boot from the CD and do a clean install.
Click on or copy and paste the link below into your web browser address bar.
How to clean install XP.
http://michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html
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