Re: upgrade from Win 95

Despite receiving advice that a clean install was best, I've successfully
installed W2K Pro alongside W95 on two machines, retaining FAT32. One a home
built Athlon based system and an old (P233) Intel. Both dual boot quite happily
and the W95 option allows the children to play the games that don't run under
W2K. I've also found that W95 allows for more effective backups to be taken.

Be warned though that this is a less secure option than a clean NTFS install and
you will need to run two sets of software (like firewall and virus checkers) if
you persist with the dual boot option.

YMMV

stevej wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I have a client that wants to upgrade from Windows 95 to Windows 2000
> professional. Under normal circumstances, is there any major problems known
> with this upgrade path or should I upgrade to Windows 98 first and then from
> Windows 98 to Windows 2000 Pro.
>
> Thanks
> Steve

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Simon Elliott

Actually if you dual-boot, then you did do a clean install of the operating
system.

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Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft MVP [Windows NT/2000 Operating Systems]

"Simon Elliott" wrote:
>
> Despite receiving advice that a clean install was best, I've successfully
> installed W2K Pro alongside W95 on two machines, retaining FAT32. One a
home
> built Athlon based system and an old (P233) Intel. Both dual boot quite
happily
> and the W95 option allows the children to play the games that don't run
under
> W2K. I've also found that W95 allows for more effective backups to be
taken.
>
> Be warned though that this is a less secure option than a clean NTFS
install and
> you will need to run two sets of software (like firewall and virus
checkers) if
> you persist with the dual boot option.
>
> YMMV
>
> stevej wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > I have a client that wants to upgrade from Windows 95 to Windows 2000
> > professional. Under normal circumstances, is there any major problems
known
> > with this upgrade path or should I upgrade to Windows 98 first and then
from
> > Windows 98 to Windows 2000 Pro.
> >
> > Thanks
> > Steve
>
> --
>
> Simon Elliott
>

Thanks Dave

By 'clean install' I meant installing to a freshly formatted HD rather than to
one that already had W95 installed on it.

For future reference, is there a more appropriate term I should have used?

Dave Patrick wrote:

> Actually if you dual-boot, then you did do a clean install of the operating
> system.
>
> --
> Regards,
>
> Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
> Microsoft MVP [Windows NT/2000 Operating Systems]

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Simon Elliott