Can I upgrade from Windows XP to Windows 8?

JMH

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The short answer is a little bit of "yes", and a whole lotta "no", at least in the way that most people expect upgrades to work.

Here's how I found out...

By mistake I ordered copies of the Windows 8 upgrade edition. All that really means is that rather than being able to install Windows 8 to a clean or "bare metal" machine, there needs to be a prior version of Windows 7, Windows Vista or Windows XP installed.

The option of Windows XP confused me, because Windows 7 didn't really handle that scenario well - effectively there was no upgrade from XP to Windows 7, and yet it appeared that that might have changed with Windows 8.

As it turns out things may be a little more streamlined perhaps, but that's about it.

I'll walk you through my upgrade and point out the relevant points when upgrading from Windows XP.
http://ask-leo.com/can_i_upgrade_fr...um=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+ask-leo+(Ask+Leo!)
 

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