M.I.5¾ said:
Why? Windows upgrades are the one feature that usually works well. And in
the event that it doesn't, the uninstall is one thing that Microsoft have
got really right.
Better still would be to restore the backup of the original windows ME and
then do the upgrade correctly.
The OP *does have* a backup, doesn't he?
You know he does not have a backup<G>
As to upgrades... I work on literally hundreds upon hundreds of machines
each year.
and no longer even bother with the upgrade option.
The worst possible scenario is an attempt to upgrade a dos-based os (win9x)
to an NT-based os (Win2k, XP)
One upgrade that will probably work out OK is Win2k===> XP
as they are essentially the same operating system.
A properly prepped Win9x might be upgradable with no problems...
but the amount of work needed to properly prep. a win9x system...
is probably going to be more work than simply backing up the data
and performing a clean install.(Then re-installing the apps and copying back
the data)
The biggest reason for not doing an upgrade is that fairly often , though
the upgrade seems to work...
there are a number of idiosyncrasies. One not thoroughly familiar with how
win2k/XP is supposed to work
may simply plod on unaware...and think of the problems as bugs in the OS.
I don't recall ever having a problem with a clean install.