XP-Pro upgrade or full package

[Patrick]

I am running Win 2000 Pro at home.
I have found in the past that it is better to do a full
clean install rather than upgrade.
I assume this would still hold with moving from 2000 to XP
Pro even though the backbone of both 2000 and XP Pro are
running on NT technology.


Thanks.
Patrick

 

[Nicholas]

I have found that an upgrade of Windows XP Pro over W2K to be
just fine. However, a "clean install" of a new operating system will
provide optimum performance, especially with 512MB RAM installed.

NTFS Preinstallation and Windows XP
http://www.microsoft.com/hwdev/tech/storage/ntfs-preinstall.asp

Benchmarking on Windows XP
http://www.microsoft.com/hwdev/platform/performance/benchmark.asp

Clean Install Windows XP
http://michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html

[Courtesy of Michael Stevens, MS-MVP]


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Nicholas

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| I am running Win 2000 Pro at home.
| I have found in the past that it is better to do a full
| clean install rather than upgrade.
| I assume this would still hold with moving from 2000 to XP
| Pro even though the backbone of both 2000 and XP Pro are
| running on NT technology.
|
|
| Thanks.
| Patrick

 

[James Brasil]

-----Original Message-----
I am running Win 2000 Pro at home.
I have found in the past that it is better to do a full
clean install rather than upgrade.
I assume this would still hold with moving from 2000 to XP
Pro even though the backbone of both 2000 and XP Pro are
running on NT technology.


Thanks.
Patrick
.

I Personally prefer to install fresh from a format.

An upgrade is advantagious because all your settings and
files are intact.

 

[BobDelaney]

Most people who deal with the move to Windows XPO from the various
versions suggest a clean install for Windows 98 or Me, but an Upgrade for
Windows 2000, and I'd agree with that. There is no strong case for doing a
clean install if your copy of Win 2000 is in good shape. Go with the
Upgrade.