quick dumb question...

DDR-PIII

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• Dec 27, 2005

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If someone has a box with WinME on it and they buy xp home "upgrade" they can install it over WinME and save their files right ?

 

Ebola

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• Dec 27, 2005

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I believe so but its probably not a wise decision. I stopped doing upgrades after 98 to 2000. Too many problems. IIRC you can wipe off WinMe, Install XP home from boot and put the Me disk in when it wants to verify the upgrade.

 

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i was just asking to verify something

 

dfonda

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• Dec 27, 2005

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Yes I did this before and all my stuff was still there.

 

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• Dec 28, 2005

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Ebola said:

I believe so but its probably not a wise decision. I stopped doing upgrades after 98 to 2000. Too many problems. IIRC you can wipe off WinMe, Install XP home from boot and put the Me disk in when it wants to verify the upgrade.

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That's right. You can do either.

1. Upgrade from the ME install (this saves all program shortcuts, all registry info, all desktop and start menu stuff etc).

2. A clean XP install (it will be a full install of XP, however you need the ME disk to install XP).