Q: Folks, I just bought an OEM version of WinXP Home full version from Newegg for a friend in hopes of using it to upgrade his system. Can this be used to upgrade WinME without losing files and / or data, and how can I do? Every time I try to start nothing is shown about upgrading, but loading WinXP. Am I doing something wrong or should I try something that not possible? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks people.;)
Rick
Best Answer: It works with other softwares for me, like Microsoft office but never tried this one!
Re:I was afraid of that guys. Thanks for your help.:) I'd try to edit the setupp.ini files as outlined in the link that Redbeard1 provided but I'm just not confident enough in my capabilities – or luck! LOL!!! Thanks again.;)
Rick
Re:I have a version of XP OEM also. It doesn't give me an option to upgrade. I think a fresh install is the better choice because you'll have less problems!
Re:I'm with guy on this one, i'm almost postive you will not be able to upgrade, usin a full oem version.
Re:This site talks about a file that XP looks at when it is installing.
editing (http://www.thetechguide.com/howto/setuppini.html)
Re:I've tried both. If I try from within windows when I get to the setup page it only gives me the option of running a new installation and says that "existing files may be lost. If you are unsure of how to proceed, choose the Upgrade option (if available)", which isn't. If I boot from the CD on startup I get this: "You chose to install Windows XP on a partition that contains another operating system. Installing Windows XP on this partition might cause the other operating system to function improperly.
CAUTION: Installing multiple operating systems on a single partition is not recommended."
No where does it say anything about upgrading the current system. Did I screw up folks?
Re:Are you running the install from windows, or are you booting to the cd?
Re:I could be wrong but that copy of xp cannot be used to upgrade.
you'll have to do a fresh install of xp.
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