I never said I didn't have an original CD.. it was a hypertheticalquestion of course Darren - The Brummy Woodworker ----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve Dryden" <sdryden@xxxxxxxxxx> To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, November 01, 2004 3:51 AM Subject: [access-uk] Re: XP Upgrade I don't think it's particularly appropriate to discuss copy disks on this list, is it? You should have the original disk. Steve Group Owner ----- Original Message ----- From: "Darren Brewer" <darren.m.brewer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, November 01, 2004 8:31 AM Subject: [access-uk] Re: XP Upgrade > Hi Andrew > > Thanks for your message. I'll ask you the same question I've asked George > which is whether it wil accept a copy of the windows CD rather than an > original? > > Darren - The Brummy Woodworker > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Andrew Hodgson" <andrew@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Sunday, October 31, 2004 3:43 PM > Subject: [access-uk] Re: XP Upgrade > > > Hi Daran, > > 1. Boot from the XP CD and do the repartitioning/formatting to *NTFS* > from there. > 2. You can do a clean install from the upgrade disk, if you have the > Windows 98 original CD you will be asked to put this in the drive > before the partitioning screen, no data is copied from it it just > verifies the disk integrity, then eventually before formatting starts > it asks for the XP disk again. > > Andrew. > ** To leave the list, send a message to:- > ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > ** and in the Subject line type > ** unsubscribe > ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, send a message, to > ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq > > > > > ** To leave the list, send a message to:- > ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > ** and in the Subject line type > ** unsubscribe > ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, send a message, to > ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq ** To leave the list, send a message to:- ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, send a message, to ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq ** To leave the list, send a message to:- ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, send a message, to ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq