nellie2 Posted February 12, 2004 Report Share Posted February 12, 2004 If you are thinking of upgrading to XP, but not sure what you should be checking for or how to go about it then there is a good user friendly guide here.upgrade guideedit: redone the link :blush: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted February 13, 2004 Report Share Posted February 13, 2004 Isn't it true though Nell that an exceptionally high proportion of problems with XP have turned out to be from upgrades rather than from a purpose built XP computer? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
expertec Posted February 13, 2004 Report Share Posted February 13, 2004 I'm sure plenty of people have upgraded to XP with no problem at all :rolleyes: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted February 13, 2004 Report Share Posted February 13, 2004 I'm sure plenty of people have upgraded to XP with no problem at all :rolleyes:I agree, but it does seem that MOST of the problems have occurred with people who have upgraded, rather than with new computers with XP on from new. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nellie2 Posted February 13, 2004 Author Report Share Posted February 13, 2004 The problems I had with upgrading to start with was that my motherboard didn't particularly like XP. If you are upgrading it is important to have compatable software and hardware.So having XP on a completely new PC will guarrantee compatable hardware... if like me you have been tinkering with PC's for a number of years then you will have software that just won't work on XP and probably a lot of bits and peices in the cupboard that aren't compatable. But I still have my W98 license and my W2K license so if I wanted to use my old bits and run old software then I could put together a pc from what I have... well, I need a hard drive but that is all I'm missing right now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted February 13, 2004 Report Share Posted February 13, 2004 The problems I had with upgrading to start with was that my motherboard didn't particularly like XP. If you are upgrading it is important to have compatable software and hardware.So having XP on a completely new PC will guarrantee compatable hardware... if like me you have been tinkering with PC's for a number of years then you will have software that just won't work on XP and probably a lot of bits and peices in the cupboard that aren't compatable. But I still have my W98 license and my W2K license so if I wanted to use my old bits and run old software then I could put together a pc from what I have... well, I need a hard drive but that is all I'm missing right now.You have just agreed with what I said Nell. Basically if you don't tinker about with building or swapping bits and pieces, you take a chance with an upgrade. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madboy33 Posted February 16, 2004 Report Share Posted February 16, 2004 you can upgrade with a clean install as long as you have the original windows disc from the previous operating system Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doug Posted February 16, 2004 Report Share Posted February 16, 2004 When I did my re-install of XP recently, which had been installed over 98, I changed the bios setting to boot from the CD first. The PC re-booted from the CD. I then reformatted and converted from FAT to NTFS and finished up Installing XP. I presumed this finished up being an installation from scratch. Don't know if this helps anyone. If it does I will be pleased. If it doesn't I will be dischuffed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nellie2 Posted February 16, 2004 Author Report Share Posted February 16, 2004 Actually I think andsome was on about putting XP on an older machine which had been running a different o/s instead of a purpose built one.You can have problems with incompatable hardware and software and unobtainable drivers as I think we have all found out........... but it is fun all the same!!!! :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted February 17, 2004 Report Share Posted February 17, 2004 Actually I think andsome was on about putting XP on an older machine which had been running a different o/s instead of a purpose built one.You can have problems with incompatable hardware and software and unobtainable drivers as I think we have all found out........... but it is fun all the same!!!! :DTRUE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-pops- Posted February 17, 2004 Report Share Posted February 17, 2004 I was a beta tester on XP prior to launch. The beta version disk downloaded with no problems whatever and I used it quite happily alongside WME for the six months it was valid for. After that time and at the launch of XP on to the open market, I bought a copy of XP Pro. Would it load? Would it - - - - *!Even a clean reinstall on to a new hard drive failed and after much investigation I concluded that the system I had at the time just wasn't up to it - even though the test version was perfectly happy.It wasn't too much of a problem as, being a long time assembler of computers, I built a machine that I knew would accept XP. It did and, as far as I know, it is still going strong being the machine my granddaughters use. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.