Upgrade from Me to XP

[Ron]

I am totally fed up with Me - have an XP Professional disc
obtained at a show - can I just inititate an install of XP
or do I need to back up all current data? i.e. will this
disc just do an upgrade from Me to XP or ....?

 

[Jupiter Jones [MVP]]

Ron;
Please explain "obtained at a show".
Is it the evaluation version?
If so, it is time limited and will expire after a period of time.

Otherwise Windows XP is fully capable of upgrading Windows ME.
Data should be safe, back-up important data just in case.

Also see this link to be sure the computer is ready for Windows XP:
http://www.microsoft.com/WindowsXP/pro/howtobuy/upgrading/default.asp

 

[Russell]

-----Original Message-----
I am totally fed up with Me - have an XP Professional disc
obtained at a show - can I just inititate an install of XP
or do I need to back up all current data? i.e. will this
disc just do an upgrade from Me to XP or ....?

.
Hi, First i think you should always back up data & files

just in case.
I did the upgrade to xp pro from m e & must admit it was
quite easy, also since doing so i have found that i donot
tend to have crashes of the system, infact since doing so
about 9 months ago i have had no probs (touch wood),i did
just upgrade ontop of m e.
hope this converts you.
Russell.