The only upgrade CD that could not be used as a qualifying product, nor
could you do a clean install with it, was the Win98SE upgrade CD that you
could purchase from Microsoft for $20.00.  This is not the same upgrade CD
for win98SE that was packaged and sold in Retail Stores. That SE CD was a
fully enabled CD of the operating system. and did not require Win98 be
installed first.

Hope this helps
Pat Langston

----- Original Message -----
From: "joseph marty" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, March 12, 2002 3:28 AM
Subject: Re: [PCBUILD] Upgrade OS


> Win 98 to Win 98 SE makes sense, but I stand corrected on the issue of not
being able to use upgrade CD's to do full installs after Win 98.  My friend
who could not use the Win ME upgrade CD for a full install told me he was
trying to use the Win 98 upgrade CD as the qualifying OS, not a full Win 98
install CD. In other words, you cannot go from upgrade CD to full install
off the next version's upgrade CD, you'd have to get your hands on a full
install CD of the previous version. Thanks for setting the record straight.
>
> >I thought someone had answered your question.  I bought the WinXP Pro
> >upgrade cd and did a clean install on a brand new hard drive in a
completely
> >new computer that I built. I  inserted my Win2000 cd when the
installation
> >program asked for proof of an eligible product.  You can use Win98,
Win98SE,
> >WinME, WinNT or Win2k as the eligible product.  Win95 won't qualify.
> >I believe that the only Windows version that you could not do this with
was
> >the Win98SE upgrade cd which required you to install Win98 first.
> >
> >
> >
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