Install Upgrade Edition?
Aug 27, 2005
I understand the concept behind the Windows XP Upgrade Edition where you
must have an O/S already installed before you can use your Upgrade CD to
bring it up to Windows XP.But I'm thinking, there's going to be a time when you are so frustrated
with the state your computer that you want to reinstall things afresh.
As this is usually down the track, are you up the creek without a paddle
if you haven't kept your old Windows 98 CD? Or is there some way of
forcing an Upgrade CD to do a full install?
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Dec 7, 2004
I currently have xp pro loaded on my computer but it was a bad install and i want to install xp home which i like a bit more. When i go to install xp home, it won't let me because it automatically assumes i want to upgrade and i can't choose a clean install. I can't boot from my cd rom so i can't go through bios.
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Jul 26, 2007
I know im the wrong forum but ME doesn't get looked at much anymore. I need to know this so as to reinstall XP upgrade retail edition. Thought you long timers in this forum would be able to help me. I have a full retail ver.of ME. IT comes with 2 discs. 1-OS 2-Boot floppy . MY boot floppy was erased. I can't reinstall ME without this boot floppy on an empty drive . Has anyone used anything from bootdisc.com? or any other site for this such thing. I know MS probably still has some around but try to buy one.
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Feb 4, 2008
I had to reformat my HD, and I could not find my XP full system disk, so I installed 2000 pro, then I used XP home edition upgrade to be able to use XP, now when it boots it shows 2 operatings systems and asks me to choose which one I want, well i just hit enter because XP is highlited, but how can I avoid this.
Also, now when I boot it gets to a screen that shows my name and asks for a password, again, I just hit enter and it goes away, and I finally get to my desktop, how to get rid of this problem
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Jul 16, 2005
I am using Windows XP Home edition. I want to use IIS and Windows XP Home edition does not include IIS. Therefore, I'm trying to upgrade from XP home edition to XP Professional. I have tried running the setup.exe from the Windows Professional CD but it gives an "error: 70077, paramater authorization failure".what should I do now to upgrade from XP home edition to XP professional?
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Sep 26, 2009
Please can some one help me with this one I am just about to throw my laptop out of the window.I had a really bad virus on my laptop the other day and have had to re-install from the original recovery disc (laptop is HP pavillion entertainment Notebook PC - HP Pavillion dv1000 - about 3.5 years old). Luckily all of the data and emails are ok. The problem is that when I bought the laptop I also bought a legitimate XP Proffessional upgards with SP2, now when I go to install this it says that the original version on the laptop is newer than the upgrade, then another message says that the upgrade function has been disbaled. Can this be enabled again and can the upgrade be installed like before without losing any data.
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Mar 15, 2006
Will the Windows XP Pro upgrade work on a computer running Windows XP Media Center Edition?
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Feb 23, 2009
I have an hp pentuim 4ht: 3.4 processer,2ghz memory,80 gig for o/s and 250gig as a slave... but I have problem while trying to install xp black edition(dvd)it gives me a blue screen immediately.
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Aug 13, 2006
I had windows SP2 on my Compaq Presario SR1123WM before it crashed and went back to California for repair.I still have the CD to install the program.But it will not install, either from download from microsoft, or from the CD.I get an error message " Extraction failed.(ccyclic redundancy check)" And a few minutes later, I get the screen, " SP2 did not install," or some such thing. Anyway, I have tried 14 times to install this thing, but Microsoft tells me that Compaq is responsible, because it was OEM installed.
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Oct 9, 2006
I am planning to reformat my desktop this weekend. I currently have Windows ME,upgraded to Windows XP Home. I would like to buy the complete Windows XP Home (with SP2) so I can have a nice clean (and hopefully easy!) reformatting experience. Am I allowed to sell my old Windows XP Home "Upgrade" software to else on Ebay I have all the cumentation and serial numbers. Is there anything else I need to provide to a potential buyer It would be nice to recoup some of the cost of my new Window
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Aug 8, 2005
I recently downloaded the free 180-day trial of Windows XP 64-bit edition, and then I proceeded to burn it to a CD.I followed the steps given in the E-mail that Microsoft sent to me. The problem is when I reboot the computer with the CD in the laptop it does not read it to load and it wont install.
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Sep 29, 2009
The computer will run setup [load files]. But when it gets to install, a STOP ERROR SCREEN comes up. This is with XP Pro. So I tried XP Home. The computer will install it. Can you tell me why it will not install XP Pro?
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Jun 3, 2007
I have just bought an entire new system, mostly high end and is running E6600 and 8800gtx. Just wondering if I should use the normal 32bit edition of XP, or the 64bit. whats the difference, and is it a good idea for me to use 64bit?
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Nov 6, 2008
An XPS M1530 and I want to install XP, preferably with the option to dual-boot Vista. A friend of mine installed Vista Pro on his dell desktop. The computer originally came with XP, so he gave me his product key to use for my laptop. If that works,i'm a little concerned about finding the correct drivers for it. Will the same drivers work? Also, to dual-boot means i have to partition my drive. Unfortunately i really don't know how to go about doing that, nor do i know what would be good sizes for a 320GB Hard Disk.
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Feb 27, 2005
Just built my first PC from scratch and need to get an OS. Finally decided on getting XP Pro, but I don't know if I need the get the Full Version (usually more expensive) or the Upgrade (which I know you can do a clean install, With nothing on the HDD can I use the 'upgrade' version to do a clean install, or would I need a 'full' version?
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May 7, 2005
My computer totally crashed and I had to go in and format the MBR and load the Ntldr file as well. But now when I try to do a fresh install and boot from the XP cd i get to where I press the F8 to agree and the message I get is as follows:
"The setup can not find a previous version of windows installed on your computer. To continue, setup needs to verify that you qualify to use this upgrade product. Please insert your windows NT3.51,windows NT4.0, windows 2000 CD into the specified drive and click enter to continue".I know this sounds like I am using a Upgrade CD to Windows XP but the CD i am using IS a full OEM Version of Windows XP and NOT a upgrade version
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Oct 4, 2005
Just wondering if you can do a clean install of Win XP Pro using the upgrade disk or do I have to start with the original XP Home disk?
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Jul 11, 2006
My Dell 1.4 8100 came with Windows ME. I have since added another hard drive, more Rambus memory (thanks for your kind words) and installed XP sp1 Home upgrade. Later I installed SP2 as well. I would like to do a CLEAN install of XP, but it doesn't seem to want to boot my upgrade disk or my ME disk. When I did RUN, it wouldn't let me install SP1 over SP2. Would uninstalling SP2 help?
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Dec 6, 2004
I run Win98SE on a P4 homebuilt PC. I'm thinking of going to Win2K Pro for various reasons. I don't want to go with Win XP because of all the folderol involved with the registration, etc.I've reformatted and reinstalled Win98SE a couple times. Would it be better to do the old fdisk/format c: or can I get by installing Win2K Pro over the top of Win98SE?
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Apr 6, 2008
A friend asked me to to install Windows XP home edition on a computer that has Windows XP professional on it. The Windows XP Professional is not an authentic edition so my friend has purchased the Windows XP Home Edition. How can this be safely installed and what should I particularily watch out for
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May 9, 2010
I just did a clean re-install of windows xp home edition and I cannot go to any microsoft site. I tried going to start menu then clicking windows update but it comes up page not found. I have tried both IE and Firefox to go directly to microsoft's website to get service pack 3 and all the updates but it won't go to any microsoft website. It just comes up page not found. What could be causing this?
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May 25, 2006
ethernet controller i dont know how to upgrade/install the right drivers, i know thatr my motherboard is the ASUS A7V8X ... but i'm having problems finding the right drivers
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Aug 23, 2005
Can I do a full install over the top of the old code without having to delete partitions and reformat and all that good stuff? What I'm confused about is the word 'upgrade' install option. Sounds nearly worthless to me, because I bought the full XP Pro SP2 package CD. I just want to overwrite the entire os without doing a format at this time. I know it's best to re-partition and format, start from nothing, but my problems are not that bad, and I think a full install will fix them, where as the upgrade install seems to not cure the problems I'm having.
Problems being it's much slower executing programs than it used to be, even the display properties applet tends to hang sometimes. These problems are intermittent, and they tend to get much worse as the day wears on. I reboot once daily, the machine runs 24/7. If I don't reboot daily, the os becomes unstable and unbelievable things start to happen. Don't you just love it when MS say's (again) that THIS version of Windows will allow you to kill off a hung application task, when in fact it can't if the application crashes just right.
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Jul 2, 2005
I installed Window XP upgrade and didn't realize that it would disable my Norton antivirus 2004. After installation, Windows informed me that Norton would have to be reinstalled. I tried reinstalling it, but couldn't until the disabled one was uninstalled. When I tried to uninstall it, there were some files that the uninstall program couldn't find, so the uninstall failed. I need to know how I can get the disabled one off my system so that I can reinstall Norton again.
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Jan 6, 2006
I just want to verify I can install windows XP Pro upgrade (student/academic version) on a new 200GB SATA drive. The sata drive will be the only HDD in the desktop PC, I will insert the XP disc and boot from it; at some time I will have to press F6 and insert a floppy with drivers for the SATA drive. And as this is a upgrade version I need to supply another version of windows; so I can put in an old Windows98 disc. Is that right or do I have to install windows 98 first then XP and if so I do I install 98 on a sata drive?
I am getting the student version of Windows cause you save like $120 dollars; but there is nothing different from a normal Windows XP pro is there? I was planning on installing Visual Studio .net and MS SQL on this computer; I will be able to do this right (I know windows XP home does not have IIS so some elements do not work in VS if on a home version; but the student version has IIS right?) Sorry if this has been answered millions of times, hope you can understand my bad english this late at night
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Aug 22, 2006
I purchased a used computer with Windows XP Pro installed. I would like to format the drive and install my new version of Windows XP Home upgrade. How do I carry out the process? I can't seem to install Windows XP Home because this is not considered an upgrade.
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Aug 27, 2006
My hard drive's windows files have become corrupt and I need the files on it, so I purchased a new hard drive. I can't seem to install Windows XP Home onto the new hard drive. Everything goes fine, but then I get an error message saying it can't install the product catalogs. Is this because I'm using a reinstall CD that was provided by Dell.
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May 28, 2005
Every time I boot up I get the following error: Found new hardware wizard Cannot install this hardware There was a problem installing this hardware Logical disk manager An error occurred during the installation of the device The class installer has denied the request to install or upgrade this device
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Jan 4, 2007
I need a help, I'd like to know among Windows XP users in the world, what is the percentage of windows XP home edition users and Pro. edition users?
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Oct 11, 2005
How can I upgrade windows XP home edition to windows XP professional edition
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Mar 12, 2010
I have XP Media Center Edition 2002 or 2005 (not sure which) edition on a dell desktop and I have problems with Media Edition so I'd like to go to plain XP home edition. If I buy and run the XP Home upgrade, will that work on top of MCE?
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