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Windows Forum / Windows 95 / January 2004Upgrading Win95 to win Xp
Hello: My kids computer has Windows 95 on it, I just purchased Wins XP upgrade but found that I can not upgrade it from Win 95 directly to Win XP. I have the Windows 98 (full version CD, that is what is on my PC)...I tried to upgrade the kids PC to Win 98 first but keep getting an error message saying that Windows is already loaded. Is there anyway to upgrade the Kids PC to Win XP or Win 98? How would I do this. Thanks everyone any advice would be great! Well, in my opinion, you may be wasting your time with such a slow old machine, as both Win 98 and Xp would run very slowly, and in the latter case, if the drive is small, not even be possible. maybe some kind person can publish the old 'how to fool a Win98 full install into updating the OS' again, and at least they can see if it slows down. Brian -- Brian Gaff.... graphics are great, but the blind can't hear them Email: briang1@blueyonder.co.uk ____________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________ | Hello: | [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] | | Thanks everyone any advice would be great! >Hello: > [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] >but keep getting an error message saying that Windows is >already loaded. That's because your Win98 disk is an OEM disk, not a full retail version. An OEM disk will not upgrade an existing system. >Is there anyway to upgrade the Kids PC to Win XP or Win 98? >How would I do this. Not to upgrade it, no. XP won't upgrade a Win95 installation. If you remove Win95 from the machine, you can use the XP upgrade and show it the Win95 CD when it asks for proof of a qualifying product. Win95 will qualify you to use the upgrade. Upgrading a Win95 computer to XP is a dubious proposition. It's unlikely that XP will have the proper drivers for all the hardware, and it's unlikely that you'll be able to find XP drivers for all the hardware, no matter where you look. Before trying to upgrade, you should go to the MS web site and look for the XP Upgrade Advisor. It will tell you whether this machine can be upgraded to XP at all. As another poster mentioned, any machine that's running Win95 is likely to be old enough that it will be *very* slow with the XP operating system running. You may be better off looking for a copy of Win98SE to upgrade this machine. Look for a full retail version or an upgrade (not update) version. Avoid OEM copies, since they won't upgrade existing systems.  SignatureTim Slattery MS MVP(DTS) Slattery_T@bls.gov > Hello: > [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > > Thanks everyone any advice would be great! If the machine is old enough to have win95 on it...it probably cannot run XP (or else it would do so poorly)! In the chance it is, in fact a newer machine, you can just boot with the XP cd and do a clean install...that is format (erase) the present installion... then when asked for a qualifying product...merely insert the win98 cd for verification have a look here http://duxcw.com/dcforum/DCForumID7/547.html > Hello: > [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > > Thanks everyone any advice would be great! |
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