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Upgrading from Win 95/98 to Win 2000 Pro

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by qdexter

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We are working on upgrading our current Windows 95/98 desktops to Windows 2000 Professional. I am just curious wht methods people have used to do this, Upgrade vs. New Installation. Would love some success/horror stories!

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by qdexter

The equipment was updated 1-2 year ago, unfortunatley we didn't have the forsight to migrate then or hold of upgrading The current PC's meet all the hardware specifications.

by rgoetz

I upgraded from NT to WIN2K. I had some interesting, intermittent floppy drive problems. I upgraded the bios and it is working fine. Start up is slower, but so much more stable. The biggest headache was the peripherals. They did not support thenew OS. I went from 6 scanners to 2 because the others were older. I am waiting now for drive updates.

Make sure you do you bios upgrades before you install.

by jeff kraft

I have upgraded a Windows NT 4.0 to Windows 2000 Professional using the Upgrade option and had how shall I say it - a down right awfull end results.

I have also upgraded 2 Windows 98SE to Windows 2000, but each time have used the New Installation method on each thanks to my NT experience.

Ever since that 1 bad experience I have used the New Installation option. It has resulted with three system upgrades that haven't had any problems. Granted it took longer in the end ot complete because all the software had to be reinstalled as well.

Just make sure that the computer complies with the HCL.

But thats my 2 cents worth.

by nyindmallu

There is an upgrade issue from 98/ME to win2000. if u'r harddrive is more than 8GB,when u upgrade u gonna get a NTLDR IS MISSING error on restart.To clear this issue, boot with a 98 startup disk then copy sytem files to C Drive using SYS C: command.Then restart the PC, the installation will go fine. 4 more details check the link Below. GOOD LUCK
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q255220

by donq

I had to reformat a Win NT Workstation and do a new Win 2K installation - it works great.

I also upgraded a "pain in the neck" Win 98 installation to Win 2K and am very pleased.

Sorry - no horror stories here.

by cgard45

I upgraded my Win 95 machine to Win2K using the 4-month evaluation copy of Win2K. I have had no problems with any of my software or hardware.

My machine has 64 megs of RAM, I believe that is the minimum suggested. I find that it runs rather slower since the upgrade. Besides that, the machine is running fine.

cgard45

by nyindmallu

There is an upgrade issue from 98/ME to win2000. if u'r harddrive is more than 8GB,when u upgrade u gonna get a NTLDR IS MISSING error on restart.To clear this issue, boot with a 98 startup disk then copy sytem files to C Drive using SYS C: command.Then restart the PC, the installation will go fine. 4 more details check the link Below. GOOD LUCK

by joedoe4

just make sure you check all the hardware is compatible with win 2000 most of the time is a straight through with no problem in the upgrade.

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