I just did one with the home version.  Sorta.  Actually, it was upgraded to
XP from 98SE first, but it had so many issues with the desktop crashing (I'm
assuming left-overs from the same exact problem the system was having in
Windows 98SE) that I thought it best to rebuild it.  I thought I was going
to have to put the 98SE CD in at some point, but never had to.  I did delete
the partitions and repartition into one drive (the 30GB drive had been
partitioned into two drives previously) before starting the install.
However, I could not activate XP on-line.  I had to call Microsoft for that.

As a side note, I was pleasantly surprised by the courteous and professional
individual I talked to at their 1-866 activation call center.  She did ask
questions about why I had to call for the activation, but was satisfied with
the rebuild answer and quickly gave me a new activation code, as God-awful
long as it was.

Good luck!

Kyle Elmblade
Due to the current economic climate, the light at the end of the tunnel has
been shut off until further notice.

From: "Robert Citkowitz" <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, January 16, 2003 7:34 AM
Subject: Re: [PCBUILD] Win98 to XP Upgrade


Is it possible to do a clean install of XP Upgrade? Can the 98SE disk
provide the necessary confirmation of its prior installation?

Rob

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