Clean Install Qualifying

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John Williams

Because I am replacing my hard disk with a larger-capacity one and have an
annoying virus on my current XP installation, I want to "clean install" XP.

If my IBM recovery disk with OEM Win98SE contained thereon doesn't work as a
qualifying CD, what do I have to do to get blessed for a clean install?

John Williams
 
If you do not have an old Microsoft Windows 95/98/ME or W2K
installation CD, then you cannot perform a "clean install" of Windows XP
using the "upgrade version". You'll need a "full version" of Windows XP.

Clean Install Windows XP
http://michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html

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Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User

Be Smart! Protect your PC!
http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/

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| Because I am replacing my hard disk with a larger-capacity one and have an
| annoying virus on my current XP installation, I want to "clean install" XP.
|
| If my IBM recovery disk with OEM Win98SE contained thereon doesn't work as a
| qualifying CD, what do I have to do to get blessed for a clean install?
|
| John Williams
 
Try the following:
Run the CD from the existing system. Enter Install, change Upgrade to
New Install, then when it asks you to confirm where, you can hit ESC and
get the chance to select the current partition, delete it, and create
a new RAW one, going on to format it as part of the setup

I think that this will have detected that it was a legitimate upgrade,
and so not ask for the previous system's CD as evidence, but am not
absolutely certain on that.

[Above suggestion courtesy of MS-MVP Alex Nichol]

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User

Be Smart! Protect your PC!
http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/

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| I'll install Win98SE from recovery disks and do an upgrade if I have to.
|
| John
 
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