Error - View Single Post - Using XP upgrade disk to perform a clean install.

**Iphone** · 17-Apr-2007, 05:41 AM

You Need to have a Windows Cd older then Win XP, Not XP Pro, not XP Media Center, but something like Win 98SE or Win ME according to this page. Upgrading from Previous Versions of Windows to Windows XP Home Edition

Now, if you do not have a cd with Win98 install on it, then you will not be able to use your XP Home Upgrade CD. The Upgrade Install Needs to verify you have a copy of MS OS. If you do not have this cd, you could probably purchase one very quickly on Ebay for a few bucks. Or maybe a friend has an old copy lying around they are not using on any machines anymore. Get creative, you simply need the disk for a very quick verification. You do not need to install Win 98 or ME. You just need to show the upgrade cd that you have the disk.

17-Apr-2007, 05:41 AM	#2 (permalink)
Iphone Fixed Error! Posts: 4,202 Join Date: Mar 2007 Rep Power: 6 IM:	Re: Using XP upgrade disk to perform a clean install. You Need to have a Windows Cd older then Win XP, Not XP Pro, not XP Media Center, but something like Win 98SE or Win ME according to this page. Upgrading from Previous Versions of Windows to Windows XP Home Edition Now, if you do not have a cd with Win98 install on it, then you will not be able to use your XP Home Upgrade CD. The Upgrade Install Needs to verify you have a copy of MS OS. If you do not have this cd, you could probably purchase one very quickly on Ebay for a few bucks. Or maybe a friend has an old copy lying around they are not using on any machines anymore. Get creative, you simply need the disk for a very quick verification. You do not need to install Win 98 or ME. You just need to show the upgrade cd that you have the disk.