Upgrading WinME to WinXP

Yes,it is possible,follow the instructions from the manual that comes with xp
If the system is less that 2yrs old,you may have liitle problems with the install,follow the onscreen instructions
1)Check the HCL for your devices
2)Locate and download any drivers for the peripherals that you have
Follow the instructions from onscreen
A little prayer may not help

During the installation it runs a compatibility check and gives a report of programs and applications that may be incompatible,this is something that you cannot guard against unless you are willing to purchase the software.
This is not something that you will no before purchasing Windows XP.
If you give complete inventory and somone has exact same system it would be impossible to give you any pointers.
This is just an opinion not an answer

Hi,

If you're really worried about not having access to old programs when you're running WinXP then there are a couple of things you can do...

1. Back up your old system using a product like Norton Ghost which will create an "image" of your old system that can be used to restore it exactly as it was.

To do this, you'll almost certainly need a large amount of storage - maybe another disk or a CD writer with enough CDs - and that could be quite a few...

Another alternative would be touse a friend's PC as the place to store that image (assuming he/she) has enough hard drive space.

Of course, to do that you'd need the ability/knowledge to network them together...

2. Download or somehow acquire a beta copy of WinXP. You'll have to set your system date back (to around September) for this to work although the XP betas are fairly easy to obtain - and I dont believe using it as a trial like this would seriously infringe on the copyright.

Then try it!

The real XP is more stable than the Beta copy and so if it works under beta, it'll almost certainly work for a "real" copy!

If it doesn't work, use the Norton Ghost image to restore back to how it was before.

If you're at all unsure about how to do these sorts of things with PCs and you definitely need your old programs to work, then I'd say forget it!

Just another couple of ideas.

Cheers,
Tim.