Can I use a WinXP Pro SP3 full-install disc to upgrade my current XP Home, or must I wipe everything?
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visit www.microsoft.com
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http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=313348\n\nStep by step from Microsoft on how to format and reload XP. The steps are the same using other MS products.
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Buy an authetic one from eBay.  It will be cheaper.  Instead of $300 for XP home edition, you can get it for about 80 to 90 bucks on eBay.\n\nOnce you get it, install it and you will have a clean and autheticated installation and full support from microsoft as well as your boot discs.
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*****WAIT do not listen to the knuckle heads telling you to reformat*******\nDo a repair installion and enter your legal key.\nYou go through the initial steps as if you were installing XP, at the Windows XP (Professional, or Home) Setup >press ENTER >Windows Xp Licensing Agreement >press F8 >Windows Xp (Professional, or Home) Setup >press R. This will repair your Windows Xp Installation files, and will not affect your programs, data, etc.
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You can upgrade, but you need to create a new XP Pro CD with Service Pack 2 - the process is called slipstreaming.  See:
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if your copy of xp has sp2 on it then no you won't have to reinstall it. if not, then you will. the first part of reinstalling xp should be formatting which wipes out all your data including the registry, so you will get a new fresh copy
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You should have no problems whatever with current files, accounts, etc.  It is always a good idea to back-up your system on external media (data DVD, CD, External HD, etc...)  \n\nWhatever you do...do not turn off power (power-cycle) your computer while updating...even at the end of the instalation process...you must let it shut-down (it will prompt you at the appropriate time to do this or do it itself) and boot up or XP will no longer work.  It trashes the System32/config files.  you have to repair from the intall CD...and you then may loose the "my documents" portion of your system.  \n\nI don't mean to scare you with doom and gloom, but if you have a system that came with Xp on the HD on a "Secret Partition" then you will need find a viable copy of XP or Buy one...because Microsoft will laugh at you if you call them with this particular problem.
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Yes you can download the Win XP home eddition over Win XP Pro. But I think you mean to ask can you install Win XP home eddition over Win XP Pro, the answer is <b>NO</b>.
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This will only work if you have an OEM Windows XP CD.\n\n1. Boot up with the WinXP CD and at the Setup Screen press the Enter Key.\n  \n2. You will be taken to the Windows XP Licensing Agreement. Press F8 to proceed.\n\n3. The next screen gives you the option to do a fresh (clean) install or to repair the selected Windows XP installation. To run a Repair Install press "R".\n\n***CAUTION*** if you do not see the option to repair the selected Windows XP installation DO NOT choose the option to continue installing a fresh copy without repairing as that will overwrite your data and cause unrecoverable data loss.\n\n4. If you originally installed XP with Service Pack 1 and later installed Service Pack 2,  you will need to re-install Service Pack 2.\n\n5. If you have any Microsoft Office products installed,  you will need to re-activate with the Product Key code. \n\nContacting Microsoft may be required.
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Actually, If you already have xp pro installed, you can simply put in your cd and reboot..\n\nIf your cd rom is set as a boot device, your xp cd will boot in a dos-type mode, and as you navigate through the blue screen menu's there is an option to delete your prior windows installation and install a new "fresh" copy of windows..  You could also just repartition the drive and do a fresh install, but you will lose all other data on the drive..
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Is it worth it, yes.  XP is more secure and reliable than Windows 98 ever was.  You might have problems with your drivers initially, just take note of your installed hardware and get the XP drivers for them.  Some of your devices like scanners designed for Windows 98 may not work in Windows XP at all, I know, I have a scanner that won't work at all under Windows XP even if the 98 drivers are installed, XP drivers don't exist for it.\n\nYou have two choices XP Home Edition or XP Pro.  What you want really depends on your budget.  They are essentially the same one feature missing from Home is Usermanagement, its pretty minor and its the only one I can think of off the top of my head.\n\nYou can get the full version of XP Home for around $80 online, http://www.bizrate.com/marketplace/search/search__cat_id--307,prod_id--6260967,sort--7.html and the full version of Pro for $134, http://www.royaldiscount.com/wixppr.html?ovchn=bizrate&ovcpn=bizrate&ovcrn=Microsoft+Windows+XP+Pro+SP2+Full+Version+OEM&ovtac=PPC\n\nI say the full versions because there are also upgrade versions which work okay but I would never just upgrade the operating system, its better to reformat your drive and install the full version.  The upgrade version just replaces files and modifies the existing installation of 98.\n\nAlso for running Windows XP, I recommend the following specs or better:\n\nPIII processor at 600MHz\n256MB of ram\n20GB hard drive\n16MB graphics card
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yes. you can either upgrade to winXp or can have both OS's on your PC.
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SP1 is included in SP2 so you don't really need it unless you want to upgrade XP without SP2, which trust me, is not a very good idea. Lots of nasties out there to which you can succomb while being exposed without every Windows update you can apply.
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You shouldn't. I dont think you can. The processor isn't fast enough to support Xp and there isn't enoguh RAM to run XP. stick with 98 or get a Processor Upgrad and a RAM upgrade.
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No. As the installer CD assumes that you have prior windows installed on your system.\nYes. What you can do is if you can find a lower version of windows (98/Millenium) and install on your system and then upgrade to WinXP using your upgrade CD. Make sure you are using the licenced version.
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part of the installation process for xp is to erase the hard drive including previous system. if you do not want to erase 98 you can leave it but they don't work together. good luck.
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If you upgrade with files in the recycling bin then they will be over written.\n\nTake them out of the trash and move them to the root (C:/ ) directory. Install XP over top of 98SE. But make sure you DON'T choose the option to format your C: Drive and they will still be there.\n\nOnly problem I see is if your old computer had 98 on it then it's prolly too old to run XP. Look for something a lil newer.