WinXP home upgrade did not ask for 98/me disk!!

[GonzoDaGr8]

I just did a clean install of WinXP home upgrade version on my wifes' machine and Windows setup never asked for a "qualifying" full version CD of Win98/me. I partitioned and formatted the HDD so there was nothing left on it. Had disk in hand, but never got asked for it..Weird. I was just wondering if anyone else has had this happen?

 

[c0rv1d43]

If you repartitioned and formatted the HD during the same installation session (by booting from the WinXP setup CD), then the installation procedure is smart enough to "remember" that it "saw" a qualifying OS on the HD before formatting. (I suspect that it sets a telltale bit in the MBR during the partitioning process.) This is the way I did my upgrades, and I was never asked for a CD. But there was a farkled system on which I used a Win98 startup CD to delete partitions and do a full format just to get rid of the fouled up file system and to test the drive. A WinXP clean install on that machine required me to insert the qualifying OS setup CD.

- Collin

 

[GonzoDaGr8]

Yeah, that makes sense..Saved me the hassle of swapping disks