sorry if this was already asked I did find some references after reading
many...many threads...but it still is not clear to me if Windows ME is the
same as Windows 2000. I am a late bloomer!
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"Iplant" wrote:
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> I am curious to know if I can use Windows ME to upgrade to Vista Home
> Premium? The original PC it was installed on has been dead for some years
> now, but I still have a Dell and I still have the installation disk! This
> would save me a lot of money (disabled) and still allow me to preserve my XP
> installation.
> Also I have a complete backup copy of XP stored on my external hard drive,
> created using XP. Can I re-install XP from this copy? My thinking is to
> flatten everything on C/E (XP and Vista) which is a partitioned drive. Then
> put Windows ME on this largest drive of my PC and upgrade to Vista from
> there. On my smaller 2nd drive (D storage before the external drive) I would
> just re-install XP. I am hoping then I could dual boot or use a boot manager
> and have the best of both worlds until Vista has all of it’s kinks worked
> out! Is there a “best” way to do this. I do recall reading here that the
> oldest OS should be installed first. Or would I be better hiding the drives
> from each other. What’s the best way to hide a drive? Any ideas or
> suggestions are always appreciated since I am always willing to learn or try
> something new.
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