Win XP Pro Upgrade

woodchip · Post by **woodchip** » Mon Jan 26, 2004 5:48 pm

I can get the XP pro upgrade for 100.00. Is there any inherent difference between the upgrade package and the full monty?

Mobius · Post by **Mobius** » Mon Jan 26, 2004 6:03 pm

NOPE. The upgrade is the full install.

Mine is an academic copy of XP Pro (Upgrade) and it supposedly can only be used to upgrade Win98/2K to Windows XP. But it installs from scratch without issue.

woodchip · Post by **woodchip** » Mon Jan 26, 2004 7:41 pm

Thanks Chris

Mobius · Post by **Mobius** » Mon Jan 26, 2004 8:18 pm

Oh - I forgot to add one strange thing!

On the last format C: I did, when I installed XP Pro for the sceond time (The first failed due to a faulty stick of RAM) it asked me to insert my Windows 2000 disk before it would install it! This was very weird, because it was the 4th time I've installed from scratch - and it never asked me to do that before.

It did *NOT* ask for my Win2K serial number - just the CD-ROM - and after about 10 seconds it popped the ROM out of the drive and the install continued.

Go Figure!

Vindicator · Post by **Vindicator** » Mon Jan 26, 2004 8:28 pm

Technically, the upgrade version is supposed to ask you to insert the disk of a previous version of Windows. Thats the difference between it and the standalone, they may install exactly the same but you need the older copy. <a href=http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/ ... sp>This</a> outlines the details.

Mobi: Chalk it up to Microsoft's famous consistency?

Kyouryuu · Post by **Kyouryuu** » Mon Jan 26, 2004 11:22 pm

Oh, that's good to know. For a while I was confused and thought the Win XP Pro Upgrade had to be installed on top of an existing Windows installation.