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xp home upgrade or full version?
Name: Ron Date: October 17, 2002 at 17:07:26 Pacific OS: xphome CPU/Ram: intell4/384
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Whats the difference in the xp home upgrade, and the $199 full version?
Name: Doc Date: October 17, 2002 at 17:22:04 Pacific
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About 100.00 as I understand it you can do a ful install with the upgrade disc.
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Response Number 2
Name: Ron Date: October 17, 2002 at 17:28:05 Pacific
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Ok i thought so, thanx
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Response Number 3
Name: Brown1955 Date: October 17, 2002 at 17:28:16 Pacific
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Sorry Doc. You can not do a full install from the upgrade. An upgrade installs the the files that are not on your last operating system. The full install loads everything to a blank hard drive. If you have 98 or another Microsoft product installed on your system you can use the upgrade. If you don't you have to buy the full install.
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Response Number 4
Name: Richard Trahar Date: October 17, 2002 at 18:11:32 Pacific
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You can do a full install with the upgrade disc as long as you have a full version of 98 or higher
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Response Number 5
Name: Vb Dude Date: October 17, 2002 at 19:03:20 Pacific
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Don't use the Upgrade get the full version(Check out ebay you can get XP PRO Full for around 200 maybe cheaper if your a smart Ebayer) 2nd dont get XP Home, get the pro version, it's way better and there are less issues with PRO compared to Home.
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Response Number 6
Name: Bryan Date: October 17, 2002 at 19:05:37 Pacific
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Brown1955, you have absolutely no idea what you are talking about. The upgrade is simply to verify that you have used a Windows product in the past that qualifies for the upgrade.
You can most certainly do a full install using the XP Pro or Home upgrade. You just need to have your 98, ME, or 2000 CD available when it asks you for it.
-=Bryan=-
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Response Number 7
Name: Think About This Date: October 17, 2002 at 22:53:21 Pacific
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I will have to agree with Vb Dude,if you are going to spend the money and get a full version go with XP Pro it does seem to be a bit better than XP Home.
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Response Number 8
Name: Peter Date: October 18, 2002 at 05:28:39 Pacific
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Bryan is right. I have installed XP on a blank Hard Drive with the XP-Home Upgrade for a Pastor who reformatted his Hard Drive and figured out he has only an Upgrade CD of XP. After a few minutes it just ask to insert a Win98 CD, after a few seconds setup says to swap the CDs and XP-Home Full Version was beeing installed. Same works with XP-pro and even Win98 Upgrade that wants tom see a few disketts of Win3.1
Cheers de Peter
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Response Number 9
Name: Ron Date: October 20, 2002 at 10:23:10 Pacific
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You can do a full install with the upgrade CD . You will need an old 98 or 95 or whatever to verify ownership of an upgradeable product. You can do this on a Brand New HardDrive. And Go with the XP Pro it is much better than Home.
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