"HI Again: I have a older HP PC, with Win ME. Is it possible to upgrade to Win XP Home? Or do I need to have a HP Disk from HP? One did not come with my new HP.
Any suggestion/answer you can give would be a blessing. This ME Computer is a just in case
my new one gets over anxious and bottoms out.

Thanks Much,
Cricket

Hi Cricket,

No problems on upgrading from win ME to XP. You'll eventually need some drivers, but they are quite easy to grab from the web.

On upgrading, Windows XP will perform a compatibility check and let you know what you will need to reinstall.

Chris

It will also depend on you procesor and how much ram you have too. Plus you will need a copy of XP you will not be able to use the one that came with your new computer.

Check the Update Advisor on THIS PAGE.

Keep in mind that even if you can update, an older computer will be slow running XP.

You should be able to use an upgrade disk just fine. You will have problems though if you ever need to reinstall. If you wanted, in the future, to format and reinstall, the upgrade edition will ask for a previous version of windows. You can usually just place in the 98/ME cd. I dont know if it will recognize the HP restore cd.

Are you saying you have 2 HP machines? If so, installing the software from the new one onto the old one would be illegal.

Thanks Guys: I will try these suggestions, and [U]NO, I will not be using the Windows that came with my new computer as there wasn't any. HP does not supply the Windows Disk with new computers, It is much cheaper that way.As I said, I will try these suggestions, and I really appreciate these answers very much, and if I have any extra bones after dinner, I will share them with you.LOL - My former Log In Was Poodlejo, but could not access it as I had forgotten my password. That is why I mentioned the bones.
Take care and many Blessings
Cricket( poodlejo)

Hi Cricket,

I just did it, I migrated from ME to XP and I don't regret!

But after that, by another reason, I formated my Hard Disk and installed XP.

All became faster, really faster, at least 4 time faster.

If you have backup and extra time, I recommend to format your HD.

Thanks Winandy: I will try that too. However, I need to upgrade my ram first, I have only 256. I bought aanother 256 for a total of 512, but for some reason, my computer bulked at it! The Guy said it was the one I needed, but now I wonder.
You guys/gals are the greatest.
Thanks, Cricket

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I need to upgrade my ram first, I have only 256

I am using 256, but with an Athlon XP CPU with no problems... it was a bit faster with 512 but not so much.

On older CPUs, you will probably feel more comfortable with 512

If you can buy the same make and model RAM stick, it will perform better.