[ale] OT: winxp upgrade version from scratch?

[jonathan at xcorps.net (Jonathan Rickman)]

On Sun, 5 Jan 2003, David S. Jackson wrote:

> I have a friend whose existing Win98 fe installation is pretty well and
> truly hosed.  I recommended that he dump 98fe to something a little more
> stable, and XP was all there was in the store.  His 98 installation is
> so hosed that I don't think it would support an XP upgrade.  Can I just
> reformat the partition and install XP to a fresh partition and let XP
> ask me for an original 98 CD to prove he qualifies for the upgrade?
> Will the upgrade version of XP even do that?  Or will it require that he
> gets the "full version" of XP?
>
> I don't want to make things any worse for him than they are, so I'd
> better know that info up front before I wipe the partition for him.  :-)
>

AFAIK, it goes something like this...

XP Home is an ungrade for Win98/ME
XP Pro is an upgrade for Win2K

I believe you'll find this to be the case.


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Jonathan Rickman
X Corps Security
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