Windows XP Upgrade - Have I wasted my money?

[Mishandled]

In advance of receiving my Apple IPOD this week, I purchased a copy of the Windows XP upgrade, all legal and above board from a major department store in Zurich. I have a full legal version of Windows 98 Se on my current machine and had checked that I was suitable for upgrade via the Microsoft website. Anyway when I get the disk home and try to install, I hit the following problem; as the upgrade is German Language and my Windows 98 is in English, the disk wont install. After checking the Microsoft website again and reading several very unhelpful papers on the subject, I am at a loss as to what to do. Do any of you out in Pprunelend have any experience/suggestions as to what I should do? or have I wasted 200 CHF? THanks in advance for any help you may be able to give me.

[ORAC]

You can't upgrade from a different language version, but you can do a complete clean install. It will mean reinstalling all your applications and backing up your data.

I'm not sure if it will accept your original english Win98 CD as verification, but it should. If not, just borrow one, the important thing is the XP registration code for when it's installed.

You could also put in a second drive and dual install XP on the other drive. Then you would have the choice of selecting the English or German version when you boot your machine.

See here for tips on how to install.