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Help upgrading from '98 to W2K.

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by sumner

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I want some experienced help with upgrading operating systems. This much I know from personal experience. When upgrading from ?95 to ?98 we have the option to wipe the computer clean and offer the ?98 Upgrade CD the ?95 CD when the new installationlooks for a previous installation to qualify for the upgrade version. I wonder if we have the same options when upgrading from ?98 or NT Workstation to W2K? My experience with upgrades has been so bad I would rather wipe the computer first and do a clean install. However, since I have a legal copy of ?98 it seems wasteful to purchase a full version of W2K when by rights I should only have to pay for an upgrade CD. For that mater when upgrading from NT4 Server to W2K Server I should be able to do the same. Has anyone tried this? What happened?

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by mckaytech

Purchasing an upgrade rather than full version does not prohibit you from doing a clean install. You wipe the disk clean with a format and then start the installation of the new software. If it needs to check on whether you have the old software, it will prompt you for the disk or CD for the old software, will rummage around on it a little bit, say thank you, and then continue on with the installation. You do not have the old software installed for the upgrade to work.

I've done both NT4 server and Win98 upgrades and had very few problems unless I had some hardware that was not supported by the new software. So... check the Hardware Compatability List (HCL) first and if you don't find your hardware listed, you need to assume that itmay not work under Windows2000.

paul

by shanghai sam

Thanks Paul for the advice. I?ve never had the opportunity to do this upgrade and you have saved me time in researching it since I will soon need to do it for a customer. I have done a dozen or so upgrades and even though they typically have ?worked? I have not been happy with the way they worked. They always seem sluggish or buggy even with the proper hardware. Often finding the problem is more trouble than a clean install which takes only a couple of hours so rather than playing with it Iprefer to wipe and reload.

by Former member

I want to apologize up front but I?m really getting tired of seeing certified people demonstrate their ignorance. You are the reason why the industry demands that new employees have every certification imaginable and experience with everything piece of software known to man. Since your profile states that you have your MCSE & MCP+I certifications I really think that you should know that answer to your own question.

I'm just a little A+/MCP guy who has maintained networks with as many as 600 users, I've written VB programs from scratch, I've worked in foreign countries and built entire manufacturing systems with no prior training but now that the current economy trashed my job I can't find work because I'm not a college grad and I don't have the entire alphabet after my name.

How can you earn the title of "Vice President" in a consulting business and obtain an MCSE and still ask such a lame questions? Guys like you pay guys like me below standard scale. Then when you need a new car your kind fires guys like me because "it was the only fair thing to do" (that was a direct quote from my last boss who just got a raise that was equal to my annual salary).

I?ve been in the electronics/computer industry for over 20 years and I?ve earned my skill set the hard way. Unlike the people that buy their certifications I have enough experience to realize that the full OEM version usually includes utilities/help files/etc. that are invaluable to an administrator.

by shanghai sam

I?m sorry too Richard. You sound angry and that?s unfortunate. Actually I quite agree with you and after looking over your own personal record I am sorry you have had such an unfortunate time with your employment. I?m wondering though if your real answer might lie somewhere closer to home. I totally changed careers late in life after my own business went through an uncontrolable downturn. I spent 27 years building my own environmental business and when the Republican congress cut EPA funding I found myself without my six-figure income. So I dug in and started over. It has been hard but I continue to move slowly forward by keeping a positive attitude and not letting others who would put up barriers block my way. I?ve noticed that those who can get along with their peers are most likely to succeed. You?ve heard the expression ?it?s not what you know that counts so much as who you know?. I?ve worked hard to get as far as I have by always remembering who and what I am. You could help yourself greatly if you will look deep within yourself and realize your future depends on your own ability to make it happen, not others. If you are down now, pick yourself up and go into business for yourself. If I can do it successfully you jolly well aught to be able to. If, that is, you can learn to get along. I?ve had lots of employees work for me. Invariably those who eventually succeeded were the ones who had learned this cardinal rule.

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