Boot Question on XP Reinstall

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marina

I believe I have all the info I need to to a clean reinstall of Windows XP
Home Upgrade, but I have one remaining question. My OEM OS on this machine
is Windows ME. To do a clean format and reinstall should I boot up from my
Windows ME boot floppy or from the Windows XP Home Upgrade CD? Will the
Upgrade CD reformat for me or do I need something to show ME was previously
on the computer? The instructions I've read on doing a reinstall have left
me confused!
 
The XP Upgrade installer will do the trick for you. Choose the option to do
a clean install rather than upgrade ME.

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Xandros


"marina" <marina@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:B623380B-D63A-4CAB-B97E-764A4E63723D@microsoft.com...
>I believe I have all the info I need to to a clean reinstall of Windows XP
> Home Upgrade, but I have one remaining question. My OEM OS on this
> machine
> is Windows ME. To do a clean format and reinstall should I boot up from
> my
> Windows ME boot floppy or from the Windows XP Home Upgrade CD? Will the
> Upgrade CD reformat for me or do I need something to show ME was
> previously
> on the computer? The instructions I've read on doing a reinstall have
> left
> me confused!
 
Thanks! Just want to do things in the correct order. Appreciate your help.
--Marina

"Xandros" wrote:

> The XP Upgrade installer will do the trick for you. Choose the option to do
> a clean install rather than upgrade ME.
>
> --
>
> Xandros
>
>
> "marina" <marina@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:B623380B-D63A-4CAB-B97E-764A4E63723D@microsoft.com...
> >I believe I have all the info I need to to a clean reinstall of Windows XP
> > Home Upgrade, but I have one remaining question. My OEM OS on this
> > machine
> > is Windows ME. To do a clean format and reinstall should I boot up from
> > my
> > Windows ME boot floppy or from the Windows XP Home Upgrade CD? Will the
> > Upgrade CD reformat for me or do I need something to show ME was
> > previously
> > on the computer? The instructions I've read on doing a reinstall have
> > left
> > me confused!
>
>
>
 
=?Utf-8?B?bWFyaW5h?= wrote:
>
> I believe I have all the info I need to to a clean reinstall of Windows XP
> Home Upgrade, but I have one remaining question. My OEM OS on this machine
> is Windows ME. To do a clean format and reinstall should I boot up from my
> Windows ME boot floppy or from the Windows XP Home Upgrade CD? Will the
> Upgrade CD reformat for me or do I need something to show ME was previously
> on the computer? The instructions I've read on doing a reinstall have left
> me confused!

Boot from the XP cd.

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http://www.bootdisk.com/
 
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