No. Win ME is the last in the DOS branch of Windows (Win 9x/ME). Only the
NT branch starting with Win2k is eligible for upgrade pricing to Vista.

"Iplant" <Iplant@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> 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!
> --
> always learning
>
>
> "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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