98SE to Win 2000 - any "gotchas"

[Jim]

I plan to reformat my HD 1st -- are there any items of
particular concern when upgrading in that manner?

(e-mail address removed)

 

[Dan Seur]

In other words, you're planning a 'clean install.' Be aware that for W2k
you should have at least a 5-6GB system root partition in order not to
have to enlarge that partition in relatively short order. W2k eats space.
Then, in the order listed (read this whole thing first):

1. Make sure any data you want to preserve is copied from the W98SE root
partition to a partition you're not going to destroy.
1a. If necessary use PartitionMagic or a similar tool to enlarge the C:
partition. (I'm assuming C
2. Start the upgrade from the W2k CD.
3. When it gives you the opportunity, delete&format (or just format) the
W98SE root partition.
4. Then abort the install and restart it from scratch. This will ensure
that W2k winds up in a partition named C:.
5. Continue with the install, selecting the newly formatted partition
when asked.

AND before you do anything above, make sure your PC can accommodate W2k.
Some machines built specifically for DOS-based Windows versions have
hardware that is simply not up to W2k's very exacting requirements, and
the manufacturers also may never have developed W2k-specific drivers.
You may need W2k-specific motherboard drivers, and you WILL need
W2k-specific device drivers for other components. W98 drivers won't work.

You can mount the W2k CD right now under W98 and run:

[CD]:\i386\winnt32.exe /checkupgradeonly

to have W2k check your machine itself. This will not start an install,
it'll just give you a nicely formatted report of potential problems
found. The 16-bit winnt.exe does not have this capability (or parameter.)

 

[Alexandre Pivkine]

-----Original Message-----
In other words, you're planning a 'clean install.' Be aware that for W2k
you should have at least a 5-6GB system root partition in order not to
have to enlarge that partition in relatively short order. W2k eats space.
Then, in the order listed (read this whole thing first):

1. Make sure any data you want to preserve is copied from the W98SE root
partition to a partition you're not going to destroy.
1a. If necessary use PartitionMagic or a similar tool to enlarge the C:
partition. (I'm assuming C
2. Start the upgrade from the W2k CD.
3. When it gives you the opportunity, delete&format (or just format) the
W98SE root partition.
4. Then abort the install and restart it from scratch. This will ensure
that W2k winds up in a partition named C:.
5. Continue with the install, selecting the newly formatted partition
when asked.

AND before you do anything above, make sure your PC can accommodate W2k.
Some machines built specifically for DOS-based Windows versions have
hardware that is simply not up to W2k's very exacting requirements, and
the manufacturers also may never have developed W2k- specific drivers.
You may need W2k-specific motherboard drivers, and you WILL need
W2k-specific device drivers for other components. W98 drivers won't work.

You can mount the W2k CD right now under W98 and run:

[CD]:\i386\winnt32.exe /checkupgradeonly

to have W2k check your machine itself. This will not start an install,
it'll just give you a nicely formatted report of potential problems
found. The 16-bit winnt.exe does not have this capability (or parameter.)

I plan to reformat my HD 1st -- are there any items of
particular concern when upgrading in that manner?

(e-mail address removed)

.

nah, I have my win2k and win95 on 2 GB partition for at
least 6 months now and i still have about 300 mb free
space left (i also have few programs installed
in "c:\program files\"

 

[Dan Seur]

better dust off that copy of PartitionMagic pretty soon

-----Original Message-----
In other words, you're planning a 'clean install.' Be

aware that for W2k

you should have at least a 5-6GB system root partition in

order not to

have to enlarge that partition in relatively short order.

W2k eats space.

Then, in the order listed (read this whole thing first):

1. Make sure any data you want to preserve is copied from

the W98SE root

partition to a partition you're not going to destroy.
1a. If necessary use PartitionMagic or a similar tool to

enlarge the C:

partition. (I'm assuming C
2. Start the upgrade from the W2k CD.
3. When it gives you the opportunity, delete&format (or

just format) the

W98SE root partition.
4. Then abort the install and restart it from scratch.

This will ensure

that W2k winds up in a partition named C:.
5. Continue with the install, selecting the newly

formatted partition

when asked.

AND before you do anything above, make sure your PC can

accommodate W2k.

Some machines built specifically for DOS-based Windows

versions have

hardware that is simply not up to W2k's very exacting

requirements, and

the manufacturers also may never have developed W2k-

specific drivers.

You may need W2k-specific motherboard drivers, and you

WILL need

W2k-specific device drivers for other components. W98

drivers won't work.

You can mount the W2k CD right now under W98 and run:

[CD]:\i386\winnt32.exe /checkupgradeonly

to have W2k check your machine itself. This will not

start an install,

it'll just give you a nicely formatted report of

potential problems

found. The 16-bit winnt.exe does not have this capability

(or parameter.)

Jim wrote:



.

nah, I have my win2k and win95 on 2 GB partition for at
least 6 months now and i still have about 300 mb free
space left (i also have few programs installed
in "c:\program files\"