Things To Do when upgrading to XP from 98SE ??

[macx]

I've just read thru a number of the recent posts about people having problems installing XP.

I'm not very computer literate, although I have upgraded or installed various software and hardware, an am now building my new computer with ASUS mobo and P4.

I plan to swap over my existing HD and PC Cards.

First, sounds like I would be wise to copy my entire HD over to another one as a backup w/Drive2Drive.

But - then what?

Do I install XP without first uninstalling SE, or ??

Also, when installing my new mobo in the new case, etc,
should I start it up and configure everything before
I hook it up to my HD?

Thanks so much for any info!

I'm so thankful I found this Board - have been looking for
a source of info for things like this for some time. Info with hardware and esp. w/applications never go into these kinds of things.