Dual Boot upgrade Issues

[Joseph Maxwell]

Dual Boot upgrade Issues


Hello,

I have been working on a NEC Versa SXi laptop w/ Win 98 OEM
installation. I compromised on an upgrade somtime ago by creating a dual
boot system w/ Win 2000 Professional, no reformating of disk or creation
of new volumes. This to get around some compatibility problems w/ 2000
Professional.

Now, my Win 98 has failed or is corrupted, I would like to upgrade the
whole system to a single Win 2000 Professional O/S, but when I insert
the 2K disk to attempt an upgrade only the 2K O/S is seen and the
options are for repair or installation only.

Could someone suggest how I might tackle this, so that the whole system
runs under a single 2000 Professional operating system.
Thanks

-- Joe --

 

[David Bullock [MSFT]]

Hi Joe,
Assuming both Windows 98 and Windows 2000 are installed on the same
partition (sounds like that's what you're saying):

1. Back up the 2000 system, and ALL critical data (just in case).
2. Boot into the Windows 2000 installation, and delete the Windows 98
installation (probably C:\WINDOWS).
3. Remove the Windows 98 entry from the boot.ini file in the root of your
system partition (boot.ini is a "hidden" and "system" file, so you'll need
both of these options set set to show within Windows Explorer).

You don't need to upgrade the 2000 installation, it's already in place.
Alternately, you could blow away the entire system and perform a fresh
installation of Windows 2000.

--

David Bullock, MCSE, MCSA, A+
Windows NT/2000/2003 Setup Support

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[Joseph Maxwell]

Thanks David,
Sounds like the solution to my problems, I'll give it a try - one question
however, what happens to the data in the Old [Win 98] Registry? does this mean
re-installing all the Win 98 installed programs. Or is there a way to copy the
win 98 Registry data to the Win 2000 Pro.
Thanks!
-- Joe --

 

[David Bullock [MSFT]]

Hi Joe,
You'd have to install all of the programs in Windows 2000, for them to
function in Windows 2000. That's assuming all of the applications are
compatible with Win2K. Copying Reg keys from Win98 to 2K is not a good idea.

--

David Bullock, MCSE, MCSA, A+
Windows NT/2000/2003 Setup Support

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties and confers no rights.
Please reply to the newsgroup so that others may benefit.

Thanks David,
Sounds like the solution to my problems, I'll give it a try - one question
however, what happens to the data in the Old [Win 98] Registry? does this mean
re-installing all the Win 98 installed programs. Or is there a way to copy the
win 98 Registry data to the Win 2000 Pro.
Thanks!
-- Joe --

Hi Joe,
Assuming both Windows 98 and Windows 2000 are installed on the same
partition (sounds like that's what you're saying):

1. Back up the 2000 system, and ALL critical data (just in case).
2. Boot into the Windows 2000 installation, and delete the Windows 98
installation (probably C:\WINDOWS).
3. Remove the Windows 98 entry from the boot.ini file in the root of your
system partition (boot.ini is a "hidden" and "system" file, so you'll need
both of these options set set to show within Windows Explorer).

You don't need to upgrade the 2000 installation, it's already in place.
Alternately, you could blow away the entire system and perform a fresh
installation of Windows 2000.

--

David Bullock, MCSE, MCSA, A+
Windows NT/2000/2003 Setup Support

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties and confers no rights.
Please reply to the newsgroup so that others may benefit.