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ME to XP
Name: Brian Date: November 28, 2003 at 23:02:36 Pacific OS: Windows XP CPU/Ram: Pentium III/ 128
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So i have a question? i can't reformat my computer to ME, which we had because my dad lost the product key #. He wants to get XP, the question i have is, when he buys XP can i upgrade from ME to XP even though my computer won't launch in ME. Just don't want us to buy XP and find out for some reason we need ME installed properly and all? I think there should be no problem, but then again, what do i know ,thanks for any help or suggestions... hopefully if we can do that i will never have to come on to this great site again. thanks again
Name: Richard59 Date: November 29, 2003 at 03:38:11 Pacific
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If you purchase an "Upgrade" version of XP you can use it to do a clean instal as long as you have a valid ME CD (or earlier version). Use the XP instal disk to format your drive and when it asks for proof of previous version just insert your ME disk. It will not ask for the ME product key. The disk is proof enough.
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Response Number 2
Name: Richard59 Date: November 29, 2003 at 03:40:34 Pacific
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Should have also mentioned you should consider getting more RAM. XP uses all of 128 just to run its own processes. 256mb works well on most systems.
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Response Number 3
Name: jam Date: November 29, 2003 at 09:15:15 Pacific
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Why not just find the product key for ME? It's on your computer...just retrieve it, write it down, & reinstall ME again. XP will run on your system but may be a bit sluggish with your older hardware, especially with just 128mb of RAM...see if this works for finding the key:
Summary: I have tried to upgrade from Win Me to XP home edition. I have formatted the hard drive and tried to install XP both as an upgrade and new installation. It gets as far as updating drivers with 34 mins...
Summary: The Windows XP Upgrade Advisor program does a good idea of telling you what hardware and software currently on your machine won't work or will need updating for XP. It's on the XP install cd, or you c...
Summary: Check the Microsoft HCL to see if all your devices and system components are listed. Funnily enough I had similar problems when attempting to upgrade from ME to XP. But thankfully I managed to get 2K ...
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