What is WPA?  Also, my question is can you do a clean full install of XP from the XP upgrade disk, not upgrade a previous version. In other words, I have reformatted, then done a full clean install of Win 98 using the Win 98 upgrade disk. It asked for a previous version, so I stuck in an old Win 95 CD.  Can you still do that with XP?

>Because with XP you have to go the WPA. One machine, one disk. Yes, any
>qualifing CD could be used to install the upgrade version. Natch, that isn't
>how they want you to go about it and why they implemented WPA.
>
>
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>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.  Worked like
>a
>>charm.  And from what I've read, if you want to use NTFS, it's supposed to
>>be best to start with a clean install NTFS-formatted.
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