Yes. It is possible to do a clean, full install with an XP upgrade CD (and
it is perfectly legal). I did this about a month ago on a W2K PC. The PC
came from the factory (Dell) with W2K preinstalled. I was an XP beta tester,
so I dual booted XP-RC2 and W2K. After the XP-RC2 expired (timebombed at 6
months), I decided to use XP as my sole OS. I purchased an upgrade CD since
the PC already had a licensed OS. I then wiped the hard disk clean
(fdisk/format) and installed XP. After formatting,  I booted the PC with the
XP CD. The install routine does ask for proof of an upgradeable OS. I put in
the Dell "OS" CD, removed it, then proceeded with the XP install.

So YES you can do a clean, full install from an XP upgrade CD.

Steve Polatas

----- Original Message -----
From: "joseph marty" <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, March 11, 2002 5:09 PM
Subject: Re: Upgrade OS


> Probably everyone on the list is aware that using someone else's CD is a
violation of the law, but I am equally sure that it happens a lot, and I
think MS knows that also.  I thought that was the reason they stopped making
it possible, among other things, to do a clean full install from an upgrade
CD.  I also thought that they intended that XP could only be installed on
one machine, and that you could NOT do a clean full install off an XP
upgrade CD.  I cannot get anyone to directly answer this question.  Did
anyone on this list start with a new clean or an old formatted drive, and
using the XP upgrade CD do a clean full install?  If so, how?
>
> >It's simple.  Borrowing someone's CD is illegal and against the Microsoft
> >EULA.  If you yourself owned a previous version, you are entitled to use
> >the upgrade version to do a "clean" install.  However, the EULA limits
this
> >to versions of Windows that you actually PAID for.  For example, I am a
> >beta tester for MS.  I get beta CD's in the mail all of the time.  They
> >usually give out a full version of the software to a beat tester when the
> >program is complete.  Under the EULA I cannot use that CD to qualify for
an
> >upgrade since I did not pay for it.
> >
>
>
> At 09:50 PM 3/10/02 -0500, you wrote:
> >>So why would anyone pay extra for the so-called full install? All you
> >>would need to do is borrow someone's OS CD.
> >>
> >> >Yes, I did this with XP.  I had just bought a new drive and did a
clean
> >> >install of XP.  As the previous poster said, the install routine will
ask
> >> >you to insert a CD to prove that you qualify for the upgrade.
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>
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