windows 95 to XP

[Guest Paul]

Is it possible to upgrade Windows 95 to XP? thanks

[Guest Alias]

Re: windows 95 to XP

 

Paul wrote:

> Is it possible to upgrade Windows 95 to XP? thanks

 

Yes, but clean install the XP Upgrade and slip in the 95 CD when it asks

for it during the XP install.

 

Alias

[Guest Rich Barry]

Re: windows 95 to XP

 

Paul, No. Win98SE is the Starting Point.

"Paul" <Paul@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

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> Is it possible to upgrade Windows 95 to XP? thanks

[Guest Shenan Stanley]

Re: windows 95 to XP

 

Paul wrote:

> Is it possible to upgrade Windows 95 to XP?

 

No. Although Windows 95 is strangely accepted if you perform a clean

install with an Upgrade type of Windows XP CD - you cannot perform an

in-place upgrade from Windows 95 to Windows XP.

 

To be honest - if you have a machine running Windows 95 - you would be

better off recycling it, giving it to the kids, giving it to charity -

anything but attempting to continue using it and especially not trying to

upgrade what is most likely insufficient hardware to Windows XP.

 

Windows XP supported upgrade paths

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/292607

 

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[Guest Karl Snooks]

Re: windows 95 to XP

 

Paul,

No and Yes. Upgrade the 95 to 98 then upgrade to XP.

karl snooks

 

"Paul" <Paul@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

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> Is it possible to upgrade Windows 95 to XP? thanks

[Guest Rich Barry]

Re: windows 95 to XP

 

Paul, in my opinion, Shenan gave you great advice.

 

 

"Paul" <Paul@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

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> Is it possible to upgrade Windows 95 to XP? thanks

[Guest Ken Blake, MVP]

Re: windows 95 to XP

 

On Sun, 17 Feb 2008 11:15:01 -0800, Paul

<Paul@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

> Is it possible to upgrade Windows 95 to XP? thanks

 

 

 

You can not directly upgrade from Windows 95 to Windows XP. However

you can do a clean installation with the Windows Upgrade CD, by

inserting a previous qualifying version's CD when XP's setup program

prompts you for it (as proof of ownership). Even though you can't

upgrade from Windows 95, in this scenario, the Windows 95 CD *is*

accepted as a previous qualifying version.

 

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[Guest Bruce Chambers]

Re: windows 95 to XP

 

Paul wrote:

> Is it possible to upgrade Windows 95 to XP? thanks

 

 

No. Besides, a PC old enough to be running Win956 is very unlikely to

be able to meet WinXp's much more stringent hardware requirements.

 

Upgrading from Previous Versions of Windows to Windows XP Home Edition

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/home/upgrading/matrix.mspx

 

 

 

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[Guest Colin Barnhorst]

Re: windows 95 to XP

 

That's incorrect. Win98 is the earliest OS that you can upgrade from the

desktop, but the Win95 cd is acceptible during the shiny media check when

using an XP Upgrade Edition clean install.

 

"Rich Barry" <rbarry@socal.rr.com> wrote in message

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> Paul, No. Win98SE is the Starting Point.

> "Paul" <Paul@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

> news:21874372-9213-4022-B5A2-69D0C7D181C2@microsoft.com...

>> Is it possible to upgrade Windows 95 to XP? thanks

>

>

[Guest Colin Barnhorst]

Re: windows 95 to XP

 

You can use your Win95 cd to qualify for the XP Upgrade Edition, but you

cannot upgrade Win95 to XP by running the XP Setup from the Win95 desktop.

You have to do a clean install of XP and that means that will need to

reinstall your apps.

 

"Paul" <Paul@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

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> Is it possible to upgrade Windows 95 to XP? thanks

[Guest Paul]

Re: windows 95 to XP

 

Awesome! thanks for the replies chaps. Well I have just bought a laptop that

had/is based on Windows 95. The laptop has a RS 232 9 pin port specifically

for car management,megajolt. When I switch the laptop on,this screen comes on

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v241/sierra3dr/Laptop-1.jpg After that the

usual Windows XP starting up screens come on,then switches off and repeats

the above. I have gone into F8 and chosen "disable automatic restart on

system failure" and I get STOP: c000021a (Fatal System Error)

The Windows Logon Process System process terminated unexpectedly with a

status of 0xc0000005 (0x0000000 0x00000000). The system has been shut down

I've no idea what the previous owner has done.

Thanks all!

[Guest Bill in Co.]

Re: windows 95 to XP

 

Or perhaps just upgrade to Win98SE, and stop there (with a machine of that

old vintage).

 

Shenan Stanley wrote:

> Paul wrote:

>> Is it possible to upgrade Windows 95 to XP?

>

> No. Although Windows 95 is strangely accepted if you perform a clean

> install with an Upgrade type of Windows XP CD - you cannot perform an

> in-place upgrade from Windows 95 to Windows XP.

>

> To be honest - if you have a machine running Windows 95 - you would be

> better off recycling it, giving it to the kids, giving it to charity -

> anything but attempting to continue using it and especially not trying to

> upgrade what is most likely insufficient hardware to Windows XP.

>

> Windows XP supported upgrade paths

> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/292607

>

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[Guest philo]

Re: windows 95 to XP

 

 

"Paul" <Paul@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

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> Awesome! thanks for the replies chaps. Well I have just bought a laptop

that

> had/is based on Windows 95. The laptop has a RS 232 9 pin port

specifically

> for car management,megajolt. When I switch the laptop on,this screen comes

on

> http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v241/sierra3dr/Laptop-1.jpg After that

the

> usual Windows XP starting up screens come on,then switches off and repeats

> the above. I have gone into F8 and chosen "disable automatic restart on

> system failure" and I get STOP: c000021a (Fatal System Error)

> The Windows Logon Process System process terminated unexpectedly with a

> status of 0xc0000005 (0x0000000 0x00000000). The system has been shut down

> I've no idea what the previous owner has done.

> Thanks all!

 

 

The photo was a little blurred but it looks like an old Dell Latitude..

I have a few of them and they will definately not run XP.

 

You may want to pick up a win95 or a win98 cd on ebay (or wherever)

then format the drive and perform a fresh install.

 

If you have 32 megs of RAM or more, win98 is possible...(though 64 would be

advised)

but if you have only 16 megs of ram or less, you will have to stick with

win98

 

You may need to get a few drivers...but IIRC Dell still has them available

[Guest Ken Blake, MVP]

Re: windows 95 to XP

 

On Sun, 17 Feb 2008 14:39:30 -0700, "Bill in Co."

<not_really_here@earthlink.net> wrote:

> Or perhaps just upgrade to Win98SE, and stop there (with a machine of that

> old vintage).

 

 

If the hardware is that old, certainly it nowhere near powerful enough

to run Windows XP. But it's also possible that the machine has been

upgraded since then, perhaps even more than once. Or that Paul plans

on upgrading the hardware. Or even that he has moved his old Windows

95 from the original machine to a more modern one.

 

So let me say to Paul, much the same thing you said, but a little more

explicitly: as an absolute minimum, you need a computer of around

400MHz, 256MB of RAM, and a hard drive of 10GB. More of each of those

would almost certainly be considerably better. Unless you have, or are

willing to upgrade at least to those specs, don't even consider

running Windows XP.

 

And finally, if you have not yet upgraded, but are thinking of doing

so, you should investigate the alternative of just buying a whole new

computer. In many cases, it's a cheaper and better alternative.

 

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[Guest Uncle Grumpy]

Re: windows 95 to XP

 

Paul <Paul@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>Is it possible to upgrade Windows 95 to XP? thanks

 

Yep. But if your Win95 PC is as old as that OS, then you should

probably retire it and use it as a door stop, and get something newer.

[Guest Webster]

Re: windows 95 to XP

 

WinXP runs fine om my Dell Latitude CPxJ700GT!

I had Win2000Pro on it before, and it ran fine as well.

 

Maybe different Latitude Models can/cannot run XP?

 

"Uncle Grumpy" <unclegrumpy@comcast.net> wrote in message

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> Paul <Paul@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>

>>Is it possible to upgrade Windows 95 to XP? thanks

>

> Yep. But if your Win95 PC is as old as that OS, then you should

> probably retire it and use it as a door stop, and get something newer.

[Guest Uncle Grumpy]

Re: windows 95 to XP

 

"Webster" <somewhere@yahoo.com> wrote:

>WinXP runs fine om my Dell Latitude CPxJ700GT!

>I had Win2000Pro on it before, and it ran fine as well.

>

>Maybe different Latitude Models can/cannot run XP?

 

DUH!

[Guest Paul]

RE: windows 95 to XP

 

 

 

"Paul" wrote:

> Is it possible to upgrade Windows 95 to XP? thanks

Right fellas,I do apologise,but it seems to work now. I got a bit fed up

with it and just quickly pressed every key with my four fingers (didn't use

my thumbs GRIN) and for some reason it works. It's a Dell lattitude CP

M233ST. It's doing my head in why it wouldn't work.

On a different note,I tried to post a reply earlier,but this message board

wouldn't respond,until I took off the num lock,bizarre.

Thanks all,ever so much for your replies