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I am running Windows 98. I recently bought a disk at a garage sale that is a
factory disk, purple in color, and it says "operating system, reinstallation
CD Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition Including Service Pack 1".

Below that it says "Only use this CD to reinstall the operating system on a
Dell computer. This CD is not for reinstallation of programs or drivers. For
distribution only with a new Dell computer".

I would like to know if this CD will install Windows XP on my computer,
which is not a Dell computer. Thank you.

You'll probably have to erase the Win98 OS for the XP to install, but it
should work unless it's tweaked in some way. I have a copy of Win98SE that
says "only for Dell" but it loads on everything. Just backup your data and
try it; you can always go back to Win98 if the XP doesn't work (assuming
you have the Win98 CD).

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j wrote:

> I am running Windows 98. I recently bought a disk at a garage sale
> that is a factory disk, purple in color, and it says "operating
> system, reinstallation CD Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
> Including Service Pack 1".
>
> Below that it says "Only use this CD to reinstall the operating
> system on a Dell computer. This CD is not for reinstallation of
> programs or drivers. For distribution only with a new Dell
> computer".
>
> I would like to know if this CD will install Windows XP on my
> computer, which is not a Dell computer. Thank you.

Try it and see ! These re-install disks usually look for the word
"DELL" in the bios. If it does install you will need an install key
for it !

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Best Regards:
Baron.