How to upgrade

[Guest]

My old laptop is w2k.
The new laptop is Xp Home.
I am going to load XP professional.

Should I:
1. Upgrade to w2k to xp_pro, move the drive over to the new laptop and repair.
2. migrate, then upgrade.
3. Or ??

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

My old laptop is w2k.
The new laptop is Xp Home.
I am going to load XP professional.

Should I:
1. Upgrade to w2k to xp_pro, move the drive over to the new laptop
and repair.
2. migrate, then upgrade.
3. Or ??

I vote for number 3. Why not just upgrade XP Home to Professional?

 

[Mike Hall - MS MVP Windows Shell/User]

Question.. do you really need to upgrade?..

http://www.winsupersite.com/showcase/windowsxp_home_pro.asp

 

[Ghostrider]

My old laptop is w2k.
The new laptop is Xp Home.
I am going to load XP professional.

Should I:
1. Upgrade to w2k to xp_pro, move the drive over to the new laptop and repair.
2. migrate, then upgrade.
3. Or ??

Option 3. (a) Keep the old laptop and Windows 2000. Makes very
little sense to upgrade an out-dated laptop...not the same as
upgrading an older desktop. But, copy all essential information
files, data, pictures, etc., for transfer to new laptop.

(b) Why upgrade the new laptop? Need Windows XP Pro for the
office environment, to join a domain? Otherwise, upgrade not
needed. Save the XP Product Key for use in another system,
esp. if it is a "generic" OEM version.

 

[Harry Ohrn MS MVP]

It sounds like you would like to transfer your W2K settings, programs and
data onto a new system and have it run XP. One approach would be to do a
drive copy or create a full system image of your W2K setup and load it onto
the new laptop. A program like Acronis True Image will do that nicely for
you. After the drive copy or image load BUT BEFORE booting the new laptop
to Windows you could pop the XP CD into the drive and do the Repair Install.

Prior to doing this you should ensure the W2K (old laptop) is clean of
viruses and essentially in good shape and running smoothly. You should also
ensure you have the new laptop's drivers available when asked for after the
repair.

 

[Guest]

Thanks Harry.
That is my thinking and my question.
I do need pro for the office.
Thank you

It sounds like you would like to transfer your W2K settings, programs and
data onto a new system and have it run XP. One approach would be to do a
drive copy or create a full system image of your W2K setup and load it onto
the new laptop. A program like Acronis True Image will do that nicely for
you. After the drive copy or image load BUT BEFORE booting the new laptop
to Windows you could pop the XP CD into the drive and do the Repair Install.

Prior to doing this you should ensure the W2K (old laptop) is clean of
viruses and essentially in good shape and running smoothly. You should also
ensure you have the new laptop's drivers available when asked for after the
repair.
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Harry Ohrn MS MVP [Shell\User]

My old laptop is w2k.
The new laptop is Xp Home.
I am going to load XP professional.

Should I:
1. Upgrade to w2k to xp_pro, move the drive over to the new laptop and
repair.
2. migrate, then upgrade.
3. Or ??

 

[James W. Long]

since the hardware is different between the two laptops
this scenareo may not work as described.

you may just have to load xp pro fresh on the new laptop
then bring your data over via cd or thumb drive or network.

bringing programs over on the other hand is another thing.
only if you have the original installs will it definately work,

and some smaller apps from program files can be copied and
work, but it doesnt always as most programs also install dll's
and register them. anyway a fresh machine is always better
than not.



James.

Thanks Harry.
That is my thinking and my question.
I do need pro for the office.
Thank you

It sounds like you would like to transfer your W2K settings, programs and
data onto a new system and have it run XP. One approach would be to do a
drive copy or create a full system image of your W2K setup and load it
onto
the new laptop. A program like Acronis True Image will do that nicely for
you. After the drive copy or image load BUT BEFORE booting the new
laptop
to Windows you could pop the XP CD into the drive and do the Repair
Install.

Prior to doing this you should ensure the W2K (old laptop) is clean of
viruses and essentially in good shape and running smoothly. You should
also
ensure you have the new laptop's drivers available when asked for after
the
repair.
--


Harry Ohrn MS MVP [Shell\User]


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My old laptop is w2k.
The new laptop is Xp Home.
I am going to load XP professional.

Should I:
1. Upgrade to w2k to xp_pro, move the drive over to the new laptop and
repair.
2. migrate, then upgrade.
3. Or ??