3 Mar
2005
3 Mar
'05
4:38 p.m.
Jim Isbell, W5JAI wrote:
I want to clean that damned thing completely off and
reinstall XP.
The version of XP that I have is the Home edition UPGRADE.
These two statements would usually be mutually exclusive (you need a previous
system to upgrade). However, you should be able to do the following:
1. Wipe the entire drive completely clean; google for utils to do this, or boot
DOS 6.22 or later with fdisk off of a floppy.
2. Boot off of the XP install CD.
3. When it looks for a previous version and can't find one, it will prompt you
for a prior version's CD. Find your ME/2000/whatever CD and stick it in.
4. After verification, it will continue.
Voila, you've installed an "upgrade" without needing the previous OS
installed.
I have done this many times with an XP Professional Upgrade and my prior copy
of Windows 2000.
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