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Yes. All you need is the Upgrade version of Windows XP. Visit this site ...
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/default.asp
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I did the xp upgrade from me 6 months ago and have never had any problems at all. Just spend a little time first learning about what driver upgrades you will need to make everything work right.
Go to PcPitstop and run their XP readiness test http://www.pcpitstop.com/xpready/default.asp
If you take your time and do it right it will work and you will be using the best OS microsoft has ever made. If you don't take the time to do it right you will be in this forum telling everyone XP sucks and you hate it. GOOD LUCK!
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If you dont have a real copy of windows but a recovery disk instead you might go for the full version. This will allow you to cleanly install XP and get rid of the OEM junk.
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David and Aldo have no clue what they are talking about, anything is better than win Me and XP does not slow your system down although it dose need more ram to run smoothly. I have XP home running on my laptop with a P3 850Mhz and 384 MB of ram and it runs fine, also save some money and go with the upgade(you spent the money for ME why get hosed an extra $100 for XP), the full version is for the people that were either too lazy to upgrade 95 to 98 or they have no OS to begin with. Get XP you can't go wrong!
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Along the lines of Full Version -vs- upgrade. before you buy checkout ebay or pricewatch for full OEM copies. These are full fledged copies of windows meant to be installed on a clean (empty-formatted-new) HD.
This way you save money and you wont have to bother with upgrading hassles.
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Far better to do a clean install. if you have any problems with Me they are going to compound if you put XP on top. And Aldo IS right... I upgraded and then when I decided that i liked XP well enough to keep it I acked up all data and did a fresh install. I found afterwards that there were more facilities loaded with a fresh install.
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I still don't know why you insist on a full version. I guess we are all entitled to our own opinion but nothig is caried over from otherwise it would be called windows Me XP edition And if it makes you happy the upgrade dose allow for a clean install, you can spend the extra $100 and get the full version I dont care and for the oem version I would only get it if I were building a new computer or puttin a new HDD in, besides if Me brought over so much into Xp on the upgrade why dosen't it bring DOS with it, Because it is a new kernal built on the NT OS much more stable, oh and by the way which ever way you you do decide to buy Xp make sure convert over to NTFS if you haven't already that dose make a difference over FAT 32!!!!GOOD LUCK :)
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3ly,
Recently i attempted to upgrade an HP windows me machine to XP Home. If i choose the normal upgrade option many things are carried over. Old software, Various files in C:\ Some in the windows folder.I wasnt given an option to cleanly install with the upgrade. Maybe im missing something.
With the XP upgrade disk and an OEM recovery disk you cant simply format the drive and install XP because the recovery disk will not install. It will ask for a previous version and the recovery disk will not work as qualifying software.
The only option is to upgrade over the existing system. Do you have iformation or a link i could check out for cleanly installing with an XP home upgrade disk and a recovery disk system?
Other people have also stated that a clean install is possible (with an XP upgrade disk and a recovery cd) but i cant seem to figure this out. Is it possible XP Pro allows this while XP home does not?
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