from windows 98 to windows xp professional

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I am far from being an expert and that is why I want to play safe. I have
windows 98 in my desktop and want to migrate to windows xp professional. How
difficult or how easy is it? Am I too naive in believing that all I need to
do is put the CD and follow straight forward instructions? thank you
 
Before you do anything make sure you machine is able to run XP. Make sure
your equipment all have XP drivers prior to buying XP. Since you failed to
offer any information on anything it is impossible to offer further help.
 
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I am far from being an expert and that is why I want to play safe. I have
windows 98 in my desktop and want to migrate to windows xp professional. How
difficult or how easy is it? Am I too naive in believing that all I need to
do is put the CD and follow straight forward instructions? thank you
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Hello!
The upgradation is very easy.Simply follow the on screen
instructions and go ahead.
I hope you will enjoy xp.A new experience all together.
with regards,
ssg
pronetworks.org
 
L. T. Portella said:
I am far from being an expert and that is why I want to play safe. I
have windows 98 in my desktop and want to migrate to windows xp
professional. How difficult or how easy is it? Am I too naive in
believing that all I need to do is put the CD and follow straight
forward instructions? thank you
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Sent email and to newsgroups tihi time.

You keep posting the same question to different newsgroups and have many
replies. You have to check for the replies by refreshing the page and
looking for the original post and expand the thread.

Better yet, follow the link in my signature for steps to setup OE
newsreader.
For upgrading to XP Home or Pro, see the links below.
http://aumha.org/a/xpupgrad.htm
XP Upgrade
http://www.winsupersite.com/showcase/windowsxp_sg_2kupgrade.asp
http://www.winsupersite.com/showcase/windowsxp_sg_9xupgrade.asp
See the link below for steps on performing a Clean Install.
http://michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html
Known problems with XP upgrades.
http://michaelstevenstech.com/xpupgdissues.html
Known Problems with Clean installs.
http://www.labmice.net/WindowsXP/Install/installbugs.htm

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I keep reading on the newsgroups that in the majority of cases, xp home is
quite adequate--and less expensive. Professional adds features relevant to
networking. Not knowing your actual needs, all I can suggest is to
investigate features of both. I went from'95 to xp, BTW, got home edition
and find it suits my needs just fine. Can and did add Office-xp
Professional to the system w/o problems.

Malv
 
L. T. Portella said:
I am far from being an expert and that is why I want to play safe. I have
windows 98 in my desktop and want to migrate to windows xp professional.How
difficult or how easy is it? Am I too naive in believing that all I needto
do is put the CD and follow straight forward instructions?
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A little more. You should first uninstall any Anti Virus; any utility
things like Norton, and any CD burning software, to reinstall XP
compatible versions after. And check up on support for hardware -
scanners on parallel ports especially may have no drivers for XP. Read
Gary Woodruff's article on upgrading to XP at
http://www.aumha.org/win5/a/xpupgrad.htm
 
I am far from being an expert and that is why I want to play safe. I have
windows 98 in my desktop and want to migrate to windows xp professional. How
difficult or how easy is it? Am I too naive in believing that all I need to
do is put the CD and follow straight forward instructions?
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thank you



If you have hardware capable of running XP, it's very easy, and
you can do exactly as you suggest.

However I suggest two things:

1. First go to
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/howtobuy/upgrading/advisor.asp
and run the Windows XP Upgrade Advisor.

2. Before you start the upgrade, do a backup of anything you
can't afford to lose. Nothing should be lost when doing an
upgrade, but it's prudent to have a fallback plan if things don't
go the way they should.
 
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