re: Clean install performance versus upgrade (from ME)
Thursday, November 15, 2001 at 6:00 am
Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by John
(6 messages posted)
I use the Backup in Windows 98se for my entire hard drive and registry and have no
problems with it. If I upgraded to XP would it install everything correctly or do
they even have Backup on XP? How about GHOST?
On Thursday, November 15, 2001 at 3:44 am, Ralph Wiggum wrote:
>I'm not one of those defrag nitpicky people.
>
>I upgraded XP over an old winME installation earlier and though it ran pretty well
>I had some errors. For unimportant reasons, I later formatted, installed ME and
>then upgraded immediately to XP. This installation boots up very quickly (tho not
>as fast as ME) and is pretty darn stable. I still get some of the same errors I
>got during ME (from unreal tournament), but on the whole things run faster and more
>stable under XP. I've heard lots of scary stories about people having trouble after
>upgrading non-clean installations. I'd really suggest a backup and format if you're
>gonna install XP. It takes an extra afternoon (depending on how many programs you
>wanna reinstall), but your system will be much cleaner and more sleek.
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