Install XPHome Ed

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I purchased my Micron PC approx. 3 years ago. It came
with Windows ME. I am trying to upgrade to Windows XP
Home Ed and the install requires the original OS CD. My
computer came with a mirror CD. Micron will not furnish
me with the ME OS CD. Anybody know what I can do to
install XP? thanks, tom
 
Return your "upgrade version" of Windows XP and purchase
the "full version".

Microsoft North American Retail Product Returns
http://www.microsoft.com/info/nareturns.htm


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| I purchased my Micron PC approx. 3 years ago. It came
| with Windows ME. I am trying to upgrade to Windows XP
| Home Ed and the install requires the original OS CD. My
| computer came with a mirror CD. Micron will not furnish
| me with the ME OS CD. Anybody know what I can do to
| install XP? thanks, tom
 
borrow a friends??
peter
| I purchased my Micron PC approx. 3 years ago. It came
| with Windows ME. I am trying to upgrade to Windows XP
| Home Ed and the install requires the original OS CD. My
| computer came with a mirror CD. Micron will not furnish
| me with the ME OS CD. Anybody know what I can do to
| install XP? thanks, tom
 
Microsoft will refund your purchase as long as its a conventional
"retail version" and not an "OEM version. The retail package can
be opened or unopened.
 
First make sure your hardware will perform well with Windows XP. You
should have a P-III or better processor, with 256 MB or more of RAM, and at
least 2 to 3 GB of free space on the hard disk. If not, then stay with
Windows Me for the duration of that computer's lifetime. On a three-year-old
computer, it's not worth looking for the upgraded hardware, even if you can
find it.
Assuming the computer meets these requirements, then get the Upgrade
version of Windows XP, and first run the Windows XP Compatibility Check. If
you want to do a clean install, you can with the Upgrade version, and it's
not a bad idea at all. You will, of course, first need to back up all your
data files, e-mail archives, address book(s) and configuration settings, and
also download XP-specific drivers for all your hardware, saving them onto a
writable CD.
Otherwise, just run the default Upgrade Setup, and you'll be up and
running again in about an hour.
 
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