Actions before reinstalling MS 2000 Pro

[Judy]

My "auction" notebook came with "no OS" but started as MS
2000 Pro when I pressed startup button. Now have
purchased New MS 2000 Pro with Service Pack 4 and want to
install it (become legal). How?

Same question entered as (e-mail address removed) but could
not get that box to open. Sorry for any inconvenience
caused by reentry.

 

[Dan Seur]

Judy -
- if you have a valid purchased copy of W2k, and if the existing
installed system meets your needs, I don't see any necessity to replace
the latter. You can always do so later if the current copy fails for
some reason, and replacement can be a headache.
- If you want to install that "legal" copy anyway, just boot the CD and
follow instructions. It will let you format the drive and do a fresh
install. You should make sure you have (or the W2k CD includes) all the
device drivers required for the laptop. If you don't have the entire
software and documentation package (probably a CD or 2) that came with
the laptop originally, check the laptop drive to see if the former owner
copied the materials to the hard drive. If not, then to do a fresh
install of W2k you'd probably have to go to the laptop manufacturer's
website and download all docs, drivers, utilities, and so on to create
the equivalent.
- It's generally not a good idea, by the way, to use or include your
real name/net address in public fora; the spammers regularly run their
robotic target-gleaners against them, and distribute what they find. The
newsgroups only are what folks use for Q & A.
-Hope this helps. Good luck.