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On Sat, 9 Mar 2002 18:57:19 -0500 joseph marty <[log in to unmask]>
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> You used to be able to do that with Win 98, but they killed that
> loophole in Win Me. I am fairly certain that with Win XP you can
> only do an upgrade with the upgrade version.
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> >It has been advised, for best results, particularly with WinXP,
> format, and do clean install of new OS, rather than install upgrade
> over the top. What if have upgrade version, to save money; format,
> and do clean install?
The question then is, install upgrade over the top, or format, and do
clean install of earlier version, and then install upgrade? It is
reportedly safest to format and clean install XP, but full version of XP
is about $100 higher than upgrade.
Demetri Kolokotronis
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