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fastpentium
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January 8th, 2005 00:00
win98 to winxp advice
I am running win98 SE, on my Dell XPS B800 computer. I have 256mb RDRam, have the latest bios in stalled for it, it is a 45 gb hard drive, and want to know advice on a clean install for winXP. I know how to do a format from a startup disk, to completely remove all data, which I learned from Denny the other day.
What I dont know, is after I format the drive, what is the next step? I am buying a brand new winXP from WalMart, and that is what I am going to use to install it.
So any suggestions after a clean format? Is there a link I could go to.
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Posted January 8th, 2005 09:00
So Denny if I understand correctly, a winxp Upgrade cd will reformat the drive for me? The other day you helped me with my neighbors computer, and it came out great! But she only has 64mb ram which is not enough for winxp.
But since I did hers, I want to do mine, but instead of reinstalling win98, I want to go to winxp. Do I have to order the winxp Upgrade somewhere, or does WalMart or even Circuit City sell that?
Thanks Denny
Joe
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Posted January 8th, 2005 15:00
Hey, Denny, I just completed the entire upgrade, and everything works perfect. I am now running winxp SP2. But there was somethng about file selection, and I chose NTPS or something like that. Is there a way I can find out what file system it is running?
But other than that, it runs great.Was not hard at all.
Thanks again
Joe
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Posted January 8th, 2005 16:00
fastpentium,
In Windows Explorer right-click the C:\ drive icon and choose Properties. The file system is displayed on the dialog that opens.
Denny Denham
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Posted January 8th, 2005 02:00
Get an XP Upgrade CD which you can use to do a clean install of XP (and save money compared with the cost of a full version of XP). Don't bother to format the drive in advance, formatting is done as a part of the installation of Windows XP. See this.