With no floppy drive to use DOS to format the drive and get rid of Home Basic could you
tell me what to use? Would the new install just overwrite the old OS? One more thing, can
McAfee be backed up and reloaded or must I download a new program and begin the
updates all over again?
CLN08 0 Newbie Poster
binoj_daniel 14 Practically a Master Poster
If you are doing an inplace upgrade it will keep your current programs and settings and McAfee will remain installed on your system. But if you are willing to do a clean install it gives you the choice to clean the hard drive and install. This will wipe out everything on your HDD and do a fresh install. Be careful to backup any data before you do a clean install.
jbennet 1,618 Most Valuable Poster Team Colleague Featured Poster
you dont need a floppy
you can format + partition from the installer itself
its the same in xp sp2
bobbyraw 16 Nearly a Posting Virtuoso
And no you can't back up mcafee then put it on the new system if you have a current subscription you can download and install on the new system. to keep your current setting do an upgrade to ultimate
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