ME to XP upgrade

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Can anyone point me to a good link detailing specifics in upgrading from
WinME to XP Home? I just want to make sure I don't lose any files. Will
Office 2000 run after the upgrade or does it need to be reinstalled? I seem
to recall that it has to be re-installed. I don't want to lose any files or
email in the process of trying to make my system better. Thanks. :)
 
Can anyone point me to a good link detailing specifics in upgrading from
WinME to XP Home? I just want to make sure I don't lose any files. Will
Office 2000 run after the upgrade or does it need to be reinstalled? I seem
to recall that it has to be re-installed. I don't want to lose any files or
email in the process of trying to make my system better. Thanks. :)
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Gary Woodruff has written a good article on upgrading to XP. See his
article at http://www.aumha.org/win5/a/xpupgrad.htm.
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Tom Porterfield said:
Gary Woodruff has written a good article on upgrading to XP. See his
article at http://www.aumha.org/win5/a/xpupgrad.htm.
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Thanks. I read the article. I still vaguely recall that Office had to be
re-installed on my last XP upgrade and that wasn't covered in the article.
Can someone who has done this more than once remember if Office 2000 gets
wiped out during an XP upgrade? Thanks.
 
Thanks. I read the article. I still vaguely recall that Office had to be
re-installed on my last XP upgrade and that wasn't covered in the article.
Can someone who has done this more than once remember if Office 2000 gets
wiped out during an XP upgrade? Thanks.
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It shouldn't get wiped out. However due to the differences in the way that
XP creates user accounts vs 9x (including ME) based systems, you may need
to provide the install disks for Office so that some components can be
added when running Office apps for the first time for a particular user.
This won't be a full reinstall, just adding/configuring some components to
account for the different in user accounts between NT and 9x based systems.
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Other people's experience makes no difference because systems are different,
hardware is different, other software installed is different. If you're
looking for a guarantee that will allow you to do this and not have to
reinstall Office or anything else and not lose files, it doesn't exist.

You should never go into an upgrade of this type unless you are prepared to
start from scratch. An upgrade should be uneventful but you have only one
insurance policy, make sure you are well backed up and that you have the
media from which to reinstall your applications IN CASE it is necessary.
All the articles and advice you are getting is very good but it really makes
no difference if one person or 10 people tell you they didn't need to
reinstall Office after the upgrade because it could happen to you. The same
is true of file loss. If you are running without a backup, even without
doing this upgrade, you risk losing all your data. It's all the more risky
when you do such an upgrade.
 
jch said:
Can anyone point me to a good link detailing specifics in upgrading from
WinME to XP Home? I just want to make sure I don't lose any files. Will
Office 2000 run after the upgrade or does it need to be reinstalled? I seem
to recall that it has to be re-installed. I don't want to lose any files or
email in the process of trying to make my system better. Thanks. :)
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WinXP is designed to install and upgrade the existing operating
system while simultaneously preserving your applications and data, and
translating as many personalized settings as possible. The process is
designed to be, and normally is, quite painless. That said, things
can go wrong, in a small number of cases. If your data is at all
important to you, back it up before proceeding.

Have you made sure that your PC's hardware components are capable
of supporting WinXP? This information will be found at the PC's
manufacturer's web site, and on Microsoft's Windows Catalog:
(http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/hcl/default.mspx) Additionally, run
Microsoft WinXP Upgrade Advisor to see if you have any incompatible
hardware components or applications.

You should, before proceeding, take a few minutes to ensure that
there are WinXP device drivers available for all of the machine's
components. There may not be, if the PC was specifically designed for
Win98/Me. Also bear in mind that PCs designed for, sold and run fine
with Win9x/Me very often do not meet WinXP's much more stringent
hardware quality requirements. This is particularly true of many
models in Compaq's consumer-class Presario product line or HP's
consumer-class Pavilion product line. WinXP, like WinNT and Win2K
before it, is quite sensitive to borderline defective or substandard
hardware (particularly motherboards, RAM and hard drives) that will
still support Win9x.

HOW TO Prepare to Upgrade Win98 or WinMe
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q316639

Upgrading to Windows XP
http://aumha.org/win5/a/xpupgrad.htm

If you do perform an in-place upgrade from an earlier edition of
Windows, and the Office applications are already installed, you'll
likely have to repair or reinstall them, so they can add the necessary
additional functions needed for use on a multi-user OS. It may be
sufficient to simply insert the respective installation CD and select
the "Detect and Repair" option.


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