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Topic: I am trying to do a clean install of Windows XP from an upgrade disk. I have ME installed on my computer but I only got a system restore disk with it, not the ME installation disk. When I boot the computer from the upgrade...
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Old September 15th, 2004, 01:14 AM   Digg it!   #1 (permalink)
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clean install of xp from upgrade cd

I am trying to do a clean install of Windows XP from an upgrade disk. I have ME installed on my computer but I only got a system restore disk with it, not the ME installation disk. When I boot the computer from the upgrade cd first it takes me to a screen giving me the option of continuing with the setup, attempt to repair XP or quit. I continue with setup and it takes me to the EULA, which I accept. Then it takes me to a screen saying that it did not detect a previous version of windows on my computer and prompts me to put the installation disk of a previous version of windows to prove my eligibility for the upgrade. Now I take that to mean that it scanned my hard drive for a previous version of windows and didn’t find it, but, as I said, I have Windows ME installed on my computer. So I was hoping that someone could tell me why it isn’t recognizing my ME installation on my hard drive and if there is anything I can dot to get it to recognize it. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

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Old September 15th, 2004, 01:19 AM     #2 (permalink)
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Did you try and insert your restore CD at that point?

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