Fresh install with an XP upgrade?
This is a discussion about Fresh install with an XP upgrade? in the Windows Software category; One thing I've been wondering, if I buy one of the XP upgrades, can I do a fresh install, or do I have to have 98/2k installed already and do an upgrade? If I remember correctly (and I might not ) the Win95 upgrade disc could not be used to do a fresh install, only an upgrade from 3.
One thing I've been wondering, if I buy one of the XP upgrades, can I do a fresh install, or do I have to have 98/2k installed already and do an "upgrade?" If I remember correctly (and I might not ) the Win95 upgrade disc could not be used to do a fresh install, only an upgrade from 3.1. So could anyone clear this up for me?
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All MS Windows upgrade CD's (With the exception of the Win98 - Win98SE one) can be used to do a fresh install.
During installation you will be prompted for the CD of the previous OS you are upgrading from.
Note - Recovery CD's supplied with 'big brand' PC's aren't accepted by this upgrade check.
During installation you will be prompted for the CD of the previous OS you are upgrading from.
Note - Recovery CD's supplied with 'big brand' PC's aren't accepted by this upgrade check.
My Win98 upgrade CD would do fresh installs for me as well. One time, I had my Win95 CD somewhere far, far away (like 20ft or so ), but my old Win95 floppies were closer. So, I proceeded to use those instead. Well, after it asked for the 8th disk to be inserted (it asks for them in random order as well), I got off my lazy a$$ and got the CD, then rebooted the PC. It came back asking for my OS to upgrade from, so I threw in the CD so it would stop b1tching...
