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Clean Install of Win XP Pro Upgrade Version

Asked by Idle_Mind in Windows XP Operating System, Windows ME Operating System, Windows 98 Operating System

Tags: Microsoft, Windows, XP Pro, Upgrade Version

I've got an OLD HP Pavilion 9895 that originally had WinME on it.  As most things do, this computer has changed with the times.  It now has Win XP Pro (upgrade version) on it along with some new hardware such as a different video card, wireless network card, keyboard, mouse, etc...   This computer is NOT powerful enough to run Vista!

Anyhoo...awhile back I bought a new larger hard drive and tried to use the software that came with it to copy the existing system over INTACT.  It took literally ALL day to copy and the OS didn't work properly afterwards...sometimes it would allow me to login but then get stuck loading my desktop.  After several tries and wasted days I gave up and kept the old hard installed with the new drive currently operating in "paper weight" mode.  =\

The original system came with RESTORE disks that do NOT have an i386 folder on them.  They simply wipe the hard drive and puts it back to the original state (using image files?)  I CANNOT use these restore disks with the new hard drive as the restore fails.

So here is my question...does anyone know of a way for me to get a CLEAN install of Win XP Pro (using my UPGRADE version) onto my NEW hard drive?  I can't install WinME onto the new hard drive so that the upgrade version of XP sees there is a previous version there.  I cannot simply put the Restore CD into the CD-ROM drive because it doesn't have an i386 folder.

I have a feeling my best bet would be to simply buy a FULL version of XP Pro (expensive!) but what do you guys think?

Would it be worth it (feasible) to buy an old version of Win98se (approx $35-$50 on the net) and install that on the new drive so that I can then use my XP Pro Upgrade version?  I feel WinME is too expensive to purchase for this purpose.'

Thoughts?...
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Tags: Microsoft, Windows, XP Pro, Upgrade Version
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