windows me

is it possible to put windows xp on to the system windows
me if so how and should you remove windows me first

Mike
Sun Oct 10 06:19:52 CDT 2004

Win Me can be upgraded to XP, both Home & Pro although it is advisable to
first run the XP Upgrade Advisor to check what applications may first have
to be uninstalled and then either reinstalled or even replaced following
the upgrade. Some users will tell you that you should clean install XP
but that isn't really necessary, especially where you wish to retain your
existing installed applications since upgrading from Win Me to XP is in
effect a clean install of the operating system as, unlike an upgrade from
say 98SE to Win Me, you are upgrading the underlying system from one using
the 9x kernel to one using the NT kernel.

The XP Upgrade Advisor (UpgAdv.exe) can be downloaded from
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/home/howtobuy/upgrading/advisor.asp but
note that this is a large program being around 32MB is size. If you only
have a dial-up connection it might be worth looking for a magazine that
has included the Upgrade Advisor on their cover CD. The advisor will give
you a clue as to any XP drivers required that aren't on the XP CD and
programs for which you will have to obtain updates. Some applications
will have to be uninstalled prior to upgrading after which they can often
be reinstalled although in some cases the application will first have to
be upgraded to an XP compatible version. The Upgrade Advisor is also
included on the XP CD.

For a more extensive discussion of upgrading see Gary Woodruff's article
at http://www.aumha.org/win5/a/xpupgrad.htm
--
Mike Maltby MS-MVP
mcmaltby@hotmail.com


lcfc01@btinternet.com <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

> is it possible to put windows xp on to the system windows
> me if so how and should you remove windows me first

Alias
Sun Oct 10 06:28:16 CDT 2004


"Mike M" <No_Spam@Corned_Beef.Only> wrote in message
news:ODn3QsrrEHA.2128@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> Win Me can be upgraded to XP, both Home & Pro although it is advisable to
> first run the XP Upgrade Advisor to check what applications may first have
> to be uninstalled and then either reinstalled or even replaced following
> the upgrade. Some users will tell you that you should clean install XP
> but that isn't really necessary, especially where you wish to retain your
> existing installed applications since upgrading from Win Me to XP is in
> effect a clean install of the operating system as, unlike an upgrade from
> say 98SE to Win Me, you are upgrading the underlying system from one using
> the 9x kernel to one using the NT kernel.

But won't you end up with FAT 32 instead of NTFS? And, if there are any
hidden pests on the machine, won't SP2 have a problem?

Alias
>
> The XP Upgrade Advisor (UpgAdv.exe) can be downloaded from
> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/home/howtobuy/upgrading/advisor.asp but
> note that this is a large program being around 32MB is size. If you only
> have a dial-up connection it might be worth looking for a magazine that
> has included the Upgrade Advisor on their cover CD. The advisor will give
> you a clue as to any XP drivers required that aren't on the XP CD and
> programs for which you will have to obtain updates. Some applications
> will have to be uninstalled prior to upgrading after which they can often
> be reinstalled although in some cases the application will first have to
> be upgraded to an XP compatible version. The Upgrade Advisor is also
> included on the XP CD.
>
> For a more extensive discussion of upgrading see Gary Woodruff's article
> at http://www.aumha.org/win5/a/xpupgrad.htm
> --
> Mike Maltby MS-MVP
> mcmaltby@hotmail.com
>
>
> lcfc01@btinternet.com <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>
>> is it possible to put windows xp on to the system windows
>> me if so how and should you remove windows me first
>

Mike
Sun Oct 10 07:03:30 CDT 2004

FAT32 or NTFS the user has the choice of which to use with XP. I can't
remember all of the various options offered when upgrading but if a user
upgrades to XP and retains the FAT32 filing system the user can always
convert to using the NTFS filing system at a later date. What cannot be
done though, without the use of third party tools, is changing back to
using FAT32 once one is using NTFS.

As for "hidden pests" I'm not quite sure what you mean but few if any
viruses or commercial parasites are interested in the filing system you
are using although that doesn't mean that there aren't potential exploits
of the NTFS system such as malicious use of Alternate Data Streams that
don't exist on systems using the FAT32 filing system.

Ah, I see you are specifically referring here to SP2. The only pest
relevant here AFAIK is TV Media. I know that an existing XP/XP SP1 cannot
be upgraded to SP2 with this pest present and SP2 blocks the upgrade. I
suspect that the same would apply to an upgrade to XP using an integrated
SP2 slipstream copy of XP. Microsoft have however released the necessary
removal tool (KB886590 - "Adware T.V. Media Program Removal Tool"
(http://support.microsoft.com?kbid=886590)).
--
Mike


Alias <alsoknownas@maskedandanonymous.com> wrote:

> But won't you end up with FAT 32 instead of NTFS? And, if there are
> any hidden pests on the machine, won't SP2 have a problem?