ugrade from win98 to win2000 pro

[brian]

Okay, i have windows 98 and i wanted to uprade to win2000.
I choose the upgrade option and everything went fine until
it the install process was almost over. It gets to the
part where it says the installation is performing the
final tasks. Then it gets to the "uprade programs and
system" and then the computer restarts and won't finish. I
even left it on all night and it just kept restarting.
What do i do?

Please help me out!!!

sending me an e-mail would be appreciated.

Thanks

 

[Dave Patrick]

Save yourself some time and trouble, given that you'll more than likely end
up with an unstable OS with all the remnants/ corruption left behind from
the upgrade. Best to blow it all away and go for the clean install.

To do a clean install, either boot the Windows 2000 CD-Rom or setup disks.
The set of four install disks can be created from your Win2k CD-rom; change
to the \bootdisk directory on the cd-rom and execute makeboot.exe (from dos)
or makebt32.exe (from 32 bit) and follow the prompts.

When you get to the point, delete the existing NTFS and or other partitions
found. After you delete the partition(s) abort the install, then again
restart the pc booting the CD-Rom or setup disks to avoid unexpected drive
letter assignments with your new install.

During Windows 2000 setup, at some point, will want to confirm the previous
operating system for the upgrade; at that point you'll simply insert the
qualified product install CD for it to verify. Then the install will
proceed.

Check the pc, mb or hardware manufacturer's web site for the latest bios and
or Windows 2000 drivers for your devices.


--
Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft MVP [Windows NT/2000 Operating Systems]
Microsoft Certified Professional [Windows 2000]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect.


:
| Okay, i have windows 98 and i wanted to uprade to win2000.
| I choose the upgrade option and everything went fine until
| it the install process was almost over. It gets to the
| part where it says the installation is performing the
| final tasks. Then it gets to the "uprade programs and
| system" and then the computer restarts and won't finish. I
| even left it on all night and it just kept restarting.
| What do i do?
|
| Please help me out!!!
|
| sending me an e-mail would be appreciated.
|
| Thanks

 

[brian]

-----Original Message-----
Save yourself some time and trouble, given that you'll more than likely end
up with an unstable OS with all the remnants/ corruption left behind from
the upgrade. Best to blow it all away and go for the clean install.

To do a clean install, either boot the Windows 2000 CD- Rom or setup disks.
The set of four install disks can be created from your Win2k CD-rom; change
to the \bootdisk directory on the cd-rom and execute makeboot.exe (from dos)
or makebt32.exe (from 32 bit) and follow the prompts.

When you get to the point, delete the existing NTFS and or other partitions
found. After you delete the partition(s) abort the install, then again
restart the pc booting the CD-Rom or setup disks to avoid unexpected drive
letter assignments with your new install.

During Windows 2000 setup, at some point, will want to confirm the previous
operating system for the upgrade; at that point you'll simply insert the
qualified product install CD for it to verify. Then the install will
proceed.

Check the pc, mb or hardware manufacturer's web site for the latest bios and
or Windows 2000 drivers for your devices.


--
Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft MVP [Windows NT/2000 Operating Systems]
Microsoft Certified Professional [Windows 2000]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect.


:
| Okay, i have windows 98 and i wanted to uprade to win2000.
| I choose the upgrade option and everything went fine until
| it the install process was almost over. It gets to the
| part where it says the installation is performing the
| final tasks. Then it gets to the "uprade programs and
| system" and then the computer restarts and won't finish. I
| even left it on all night and it just kept restarting.
| What do i do?
|
| Please help me out!!!
|
| sending me an e-mail would be appreciated.
|
| Thanks


.
Thanks for the reply but is there any way i can save what

was on my hd since i didn't back it up before the istall?

 

[Dave Patrick]

Easiest to backup your data from a parallel install of Windows 2000

--
Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft MVP [Windows NT/2000 Operating Systems]
Microsoft Certified Professional [Windows 2000]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect.


:
| >Thanks for the reply but is there any way i can save what
| was on my hd since i didn't back it up before the istall?

 

[LA]

Boot using ur Win98 boot rescue floppy. Then run 2000's
setup off the CD and select clean install. It should leave
ur old data alone and install into a new directory, there's
no need to blow away ur partition, that's just paranoid
overkill. The clincher is the registry, as long as that's
new nothing else matters. Don't run the NTFS conversion,
first priority is getting 2000 running. After ur satisfied
with the system you can delete the old windows directory
and do NTFS if u want.

....this is all assuming there's no underlying hardware
issue of course.