Installing XP

[Dazza]

Hi there,

I recently purchased a full version of XP Pro and am
attempting to upgrade my system from Windows 98. During
the installation routine, an Upgrade Report was produced
and under Installation Requirements the following message
appears:

"Other Operating systems Found. You cannot upgrade this
Wimdows installation to Windows XP because you have more
that one operating system installed on your computer.
Upgrading one operating system can cause problems with
files shared by the other operating system and is
therefore not permitted."

Yet on page 4 when talking about backup files, the report
states that "during the upgrade to Windows XP, setup
removes Windows 98 from your computer".

After this report has printed the Installation procedure
prompts me to quit. Please tell me how to proceed from
here.

Kind Regards,
D

 

[aragorn]

Since you've purchased a full version (better!)you can't
upgrade your win98.
You could install winXP in a dual-boot set-up next to
win98, but you can't install them on the same partition.

I assume you only have one drive (C)...besides you
probably don't need win98...so you will have to format
your C drive before you can install winXP. You should get
this option when you start the winXP CD.
Back-up all your important win98 files to a CD, because
they will be gone after format C.

 

[Ken Blake]

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Since you've purchased a full version (better!)you can't
upgrade your win98.

This is *not* correct. The full version can do either a clean
install or an upgrade.

Only the OEM version is limited to a clean installation, and can
not do an upgrade.

 

[aragorn]

OK Ken...didn't know that!

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This is *not* correct. The full version can do either a clean
install or an upgrade.

Only the OEM version is limited to a clean installation, and can
not do an upgrade.


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