You must have an installation disc to upgrade Windows 98.
you cannot upgrade from win95 directly to xp without a fresh install, if you have purchased an upgrade disc, you need windows 98 or newer. If you have purchased a regular install disc, back up your important files, and boot from the install disc, you do this by setting the BIOS (in "setup", before the O.S. starts to load)
They are different things, if you have not yet purchased an upgrade disk you should invest in an install disk. Otherwise you will have to upgrade from Vista to windows 7 every time you want to reinstall.
Yes you can. Just get your Microsoft windows 7 genuine disc and using the upgrade option, you can upgrade from starter pack to genuine windows
No you have to buy it installed into the computer unlike windows which you can upgrade with a disc (I did when windows 8 came out).
A startup boot is when you boot from a startup disc.
The easiest way to get Windows 7 would be to go buy the disc at a store, or off of Amazon or Microsoft.com.
Try ebay. Go on the Microsoft site, Or try any private computer repaire stores.
No offense but the question answers its self....upgrade XP Proffesional to Windows 7withWindows 7 home premium to Windows 7 professional upgradethe disk upgrades Windows 7 to a better version, and as such has nothing to do with windows xp
No you need the disc to play it.
There is not a free way to do so, unless somebody gives you a unused Windows XP Upgrade Disc. Note: There is not a free any way to do so, you can contact xp provider dealer or order by post.
It Depends What You Want To Upgrade, If you wanted to upgrade from say windows vista to windows 7 then YES you would need a disk, however if you were downloading the software to upgrade then you could put it onto a USB flash drive and install that way, some OS Like LINUX provide a installer which you can download from their website
If the CD is unreadable, contact Microsoft about getting a replacement disc.