Clean install of win XP Pro upgrade with Win98 upgrade CD verification of ownership

I have a Win98SE upgrade CD that I legally purchased in the days when I upgraded from Win 3.1 full (Win 3.11? ... I can't remember which version). I no longer have my Win3.1 full-install floppies (discarded in the trash long ago, not transferred to someone else). I'm also fairly certain I no longer have a purchase receipt for Win 3.1.

If I purchase a Win XP Pro SP2 upgrade CD to make a clean NTFS formatted HD installation of Win XP Pro, may I (legally) simply insert my Win98SE CD if Win XP Pro wants to verify I have a legal Windows CD (and then count on Win XP Pro to install all files it needs from only the WinXP Pro CD and Windows Update)?


(My current installation on a different machine is a is from a full-install WinXP Home, not from the Win98SE upgrade installation, so I think I may legally upgrade as described in paragraphs 1 and 2 above.)

 

Supported upgrade paths

So , what you are asking is if the upgrade install CD will work.
It should.
Paul Thurrots supersite, winxp upgrade

Now I can say yes, I have upgraded a system which started out with DOS and win3.11, got its hardware upgraded and was upgraded to win95, then again to win98 and eventually got upgraded over time winding up as a P4 2.4GHz and then got upgraded to XP. No clean installs anywhere along the way, and it had no problem.

Here is my suggestion, buy a new hard drive and install it as a slave. Install XP and when it asks where, specify the second (slave ) drive. Now you will have a dual boot, with the option to boot to either Win98 or XP. This way you do not have to worry about software or game compatability. You can always use things in win98 if you have to. You can also not worry about your data.

 

Hi, oshwyn5.

Thanks for your response, tips, and links. I will certainly use the Paul Thurrots supersite, winxp upgrade info when I install. That will be very helpful.

Thanks again.