upgrading from win98se to xp pro

i am currently using win98se and i have xp pro cd [ full package ]

so can i install xp pro over win98se or not ? or should i need

a new hard drive for it

 

Some reading here;

http://reviews-zdnet.com.com/4520-3000_16-5117047-1.html
http://www.winsupersite.com/showcase/windowsxp_sg_9xupgrade.asp
http://www.pcworld.com/howto/article/0,aid,78043,pg,2,00.asp
http://www.pcstats.com/articleview.cfm?articleID=1659

You can install XP over Win98 but you need a lot of free space on your hard disc; at least 1.5 GB, but 3Gb recommended.

But make sure your computer meets the minimum requirements of WinXP. Apart from needing a lot more hard drive space than Win98, it is very demanding in terms of memory etc. You will need a minimum of 256MB RAM even with all the fancy "effects" of XP turned off.

 

Nahh....I've gotten XP Pro to run darn fine enough on a P3 with 128MB of RAM (its my friends PC) - and no additional tweaking.

Yes, it is possible to upgrade Windows 98SE to Windows XP. However, you may need to reinstall some of your programs and/or drivers

 

i have 80 gb space and 250 mb ram is it ok for win xp pro and i

have another question after install xp can i install SP2 over it ?

 

Yes it should be good enough to run Windows XP Professional.

And Yes, you can install SP2 over it, but beware, SP2 has caused a lot of problems to many users, although many others don't have any problems at all....... *creepy*

 

But it will run even faster if you add more memory and carry out some tweaking

Since you have sufficient Hard Drive space, another possibility would be to dual-boot the 2 Operating systems, if you partition your drive.

 

Yup, dual-booting is reommended since WinXP has a few problems with some programs released before 2000.