Upgrading XP
 

Sir,

I bought new pc its Compaq SR1730IL its P4 3.06 GHz EM64Twith 256 DDR-2 RAM

currently i installed WINSOWS XP Professional Ver.2002 Service pack 2.

now i would like to upgrade it in Windows XP X64 Edition.

so, could you please help me. how can i upgrade in, did i need to format xp
or it will automatically upgrade it..?

my drives support X64 edition..?

Thank you
krunal

Re: Upgrading XP
 

You need to install x64 from the CD to a clean partition. This is an OEM
and there is no upgrade path. Clean install only. You can dual boot as
many here do. You would then install on a new partition and leave your
current system intact.

"Krunal Bhatti" <Krunal Bhatti@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Sir,
>
> I bought new pc its Compaq SR1730IL its P4 3.06 GHz EM64Twith 256 DDR-2
> RAM
>
> currently i installed WINSOWS XP Professional Ver.2002 Service pack 2.
>
> now i would like to upgrade it in Windows XP X64 Edition.
>
> so, could you please help me. how can i upgrade in, did i need to format
> xp
> or it will automatically upgrade it..?
>
> my drives support X64 edition..?
>
> Thank you
> krunal