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re: Upgrading to XP Tuesday, February 6, 2007 at 1:36 pm Posted by Ed (603 messages posted) You are more likely to find a solution to your problem if you post the query on the XP forum, where there are more likely to be people with actual experience of upgrading to XP. Users of the ME forum are, by definition, those who have not as yet upgraded to XP (and perhaps never will). Ed On Tuesday, February 6, 2007 at 12:03 pm, Walter wrote: >I have a Dell Dimension 4300, 1.5Ghz Pentium 4 machine, 40 gig harddrive. I justed >updated the RAM from 384Mb to 512Mb. It currently runs Win ME. I recently purchased >XP Home upgrade edition but have not yet installed it after hearing this upgrade >route is often problematic .... What issues are usually encountered after this update >roue is taken ? Also, does this upgrade route invalidate the ME license such that >if I needed to reinstall XP at a later date, I could no longer do so since ME is >now invalid ? (Got this idea from Vista upgrade which invalidates the XP license). >If that is the case, I will get an XP full install version instead. As a home >user, what is recommended, XP Home to XP Professional. My aim is to get another year >or 2 out of the machine until I really need to upgrade. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Upgrading to XP Thursday, February 8, 2007 at 6:46 am Posted by Larry (1297 messages posted) Your machine will run XP fine, but I would definitely reccomend a clean install over the upgrade route. This can be done with an XP upgrade disk, but ONLY if you have your ME disk handy (XP won't "invalidate" it), but it has to be a MS disk, not an OEM restore disk. If your computer came with ME installed and one of these restore disks, the upgrade route may be your only option unless you can borrow a Microsoft/non OEM 98/ME disk from someone. The first thing to do is to save any documents/photos/files you want to keep by burning them to a CD, emailing them to yourself, etc. Also make sure you have the CDs for any applications like Office, Works, etc. so you can reinstall them after you reformat your drive and install XP. After doing these things, follow the direction at the following site and you will end up with a clean, new install of XP on a properly formatted drive (4K clusters instead of 512 byte clusters, and NTFS vs. FAT32 file system): http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html On Tuesday, February 6, 2007 at 12:03 pm, Walter wrote: >I have a Dell Dimension 4300, 1.5Ghz Pentium 4 machine, 40 gig harddrive. I justed >updated the RAM from 384Mb to 512Mb. It currently runs Win ME. I recently purchased >XP Home upgrade edition but have not yet installed it after hearing this upgrade >route is often problematic .... What issues are usually encountered after this update >roue is taken ? Also, does this upgrade route invalidate the ME license such that >if I needed to reinstall XP at a later date, I could no longer do so since ME is >now invalid ? (Got this idea from Vista upgrade which invalidates the XP license). >If that is the case, I will get an XP full install version instead. As a home >user, what is recommended, XP Home to XP Professional. My aim is to get another year >or 2 out of the machine until I really need to upgrade. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Upgrading to XP Sunday, February 11, 2007 at 5:55 am Posted by sky42 (33 messages posted) Just to add to what Larry posted, if you do have an OEM disk, you might, I say might, be able to use a Win98SE disk for the verification step in the install. I suggest you go the the XP forum and ask this question before you wipe the HDD! On Thursday, February 8, 2007 at 6:46 am, Larry wrote: >Your machine will run XP fine, but I would definitely reccomend a clean install over >the upgrade route. This can be done with an XP upgrade disk, but ONLY if you have >your ME disk handy (XP won't "invalidate" it), but it has to be a MS disk, not an >OEM restore disk. If your computer came with ME installed and one of these restore >disks, the upgrade route may be your only option unless you can borrow a Microsoft/non >OEM 98/ME disk from someone. The first thing to do is to save any documents/photos/files >you want to keep by burning them to a CD, emailing them to yourself, etc. Also make >sure you have the CDs for any applications like Office, Works, etc. so you can reinstall >them after you reformat your drive and install XP. After doing these things, follow >the direction at the following site and you will end up with a clean, new install >of XP on a properly formatted drive (4K clusters instead of 512 byte clusters, and >NTFS vs. FAT32 file system): http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html > > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Upgrading to XP Wednesday, March 14, 2007 at 5:04 pm Posted by Ken (4 messages posted) Walter, I have a Dell Dimension 4100, 1 Ghz machine that's similar to yours (just a little older). It also has Win ME. I've considered upgrading my 4100 to Win XP too but decided against. The machine runs just fine as it is so I don't want to risk screwing things up. Heard too many nightmares about upgrading. I've also got two newer Dell's, plus my wife's got one. All three came with XP-Pro pre-installed. They all run fine with XP but I don't see that big of a difference in normal day-to-day use. I still use my old 4100 more than the new ones even though it has a slow processor and less memory. Unless you've had big problems with your system I'd suggest returning XP. You'll save yourself some money and avoid potential headaches. Ken [Reply or follow-up to this message] Tip: Use one of the [Reply or follow-up to this message] links above to add a message to this thread Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows Me Discussion Forum