[shefflass5]

running windows ME at the mo need to upgrade too XP got XP disc but
not ME disc. Do i just run XP disc and it will install over ME or is it not as
simple as this. Can any one advise me how to do this .

[Savannah2]

Is the XP disk a full copy or an upgrade copy?
If you have a full copy of XP just insert the disk into rom drive and re-boot.
If there is any data on the drive that you want to keep, then you will need to backup first, as all data will be lost during install.

More help here and here

[codeman_cas]

just a piont as well ,they have stopped giving support for 98,95 amd ME so be warey

codeman

[Cayenne]

Originally Posted by Savannah2

Is the XP disk a full copy or an upgrade copy?
If you have a full copy of XP just insert the disk into rom drive and re-boot.
If there is any data on the drive that you want to keep, then you will need to backup first, as all data will be lost during install.

More help here and here

If it's an upgrade, it will modify your machine, it won't overwrite your stuff. It'l even ask if you want to save ME so you can revert back to it at a later date. Just make sure your machine is capable of running XP first. It'll crawl along like a snail on a Pentium III.

Pick NTFS as your new file system - better than FAT32, but you won't me able to go back to FAT32 after it's done.

[sccsux]

Originally Posted by Cayenne

It'll crawl along like a snail on a Pentium III.

Strange

The only PC here (out of 6) running XP is a 700M PIII with 256M memory, and it's pretty nippy