upgrading to XP Pro form 2k Pro Problem

[Guest]

I want to upgrade from 2k Pro to XP Pro, but the setup program is telling me
I am not eligable to upgrade. It lists "One possible cause could be less than
64 mb of RAM." The computer I want to upgrade currently has +1 gb of RAM
installed! No other conflicts are reported during the compatibility scan.
I definitely do not want to reformat the drive and perform a clean install!
If that is my only option, I would rather stay with win 2k.
Computer configuration:
Dell Poweredge 2500
P4 1.5 GHZ Processor
1.3 GB RAM

Any help on where to begin finding the cause of not being able to upgrade
would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

You need a "Retail Version", and not an "OEM Version",
of Windows XP in order to upgrade over Windows 2000.

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Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows - Shell/User
Microsoft Community Newsgroups
news://msnews.microsoft.com/

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| I want to upgrade from 2k Pro to XP Pro, but the setup program is telling me
| I am not eligable to upgrade. It lists "One possible cause could be less than
| 64 mb of RAM." The computer I want to upgrade currently has +1 gb of RAM
| installed! No other conflicts are reported during the compatibility scan.
| I definitely do not want to reformat the drive and perform a clean install!
| If that is my only option, I would rather stay with win 2k.
| Computer configuration:
| Dell Poweredge 2500
| P4 1.5 GHZ Processor
| 1.3 GB RAM
|
| Any help on where to begin finding the cause of not being able to upgrade
| would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

 

[Cary Shultz]

I think that the problem is that this is a server! Dell PowerEdge 2500 is a
server-class machine. I would check with the Dell web site to see if this
is possible. And, are you sure that you are running WIN2000 Pro and not
WIN2000 Server?

 

[Guest]

That was it. I used a "Retail Version" disk, and the install went in with no
problems.
Thanks Carey.