Upgrading from Win Me

[Guest]

I am trying to upgrade my PC from Win Me to Win 2000 (base level); I have
done it
before without a problem.

This time, however, the upgrade process has gone into a loop.

All was well until the last set of operations - Performing Final Tasks. On
this
screen, it went through the first two items (Install Start Menu Items and
Register

Components) OK. It then proceeded to 'Upgrades program and system
settings'; this was very slow, with a long pause about one-eighth of the way
along the progress bar.

Eventually, it proceeded to about 3/4 of the way, then it skipped the last
two
items and rebooted.

Having rebooted, it re-started Setup. I have been through the process
several more times - always the same. I tried starting in Safe mode - same
(in fact, the screen looks identical in Safe mode, so perhaps Setup runs in
Safe mode anyway).

I have SP 4 (as an EXE file). I thought to run that but cannot get a DOS
prompt -
the startup screen has a MS-DOS choice but that turns out to be running
under Me
still and produces a 'missing file' msg.

Help!

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

I am trying to upgrade my PC from Win Me to Win 2000 (base level); I have
done it
before without a problem.

This time, however, the upgrade process has gone into a loop.

All was well until the last set of operations - Performing Final Tasks. On
this
screen, it went through the first two items (Install Start Menu Items and
Register

Components) OK. It then proceeded to 'Upgrades program and system
settings'; this was very slow, with a long pause about one-eighth of the way
along the progress bar.

Eventually, it proceeded to about 3/4 of the way, then it skipped the last
two
items and rebooted.

Having rebooted, it re-started Setup. I have been through the process
several more times - always the same. I tried starting in Safe mode - same
(in fact, the screen looks identical in Safe mode, so perhaps Setup runs in
Safe mode anyway).

I have SP 4 (as an EXE file). I thought to run that but cannot get a DOS
prompt -
the startup screen has a MS-DOS choice but that turns out to be running
under Me
still and produces a 'missing file' msg.

Help!

Windows 2000 came out first.
Windows ME was released later.
It follows that you cannot "upgrade" from Windows ME to Windows 2000.
It would be a "backgrade", and is therefore unsupported. Sometimes you're
lucky - it might just work. However, if you want a good, solid, robust and
reliable system then you must install Win2000 from scratch.

 

[Bruce Chambers]

It's not technically possible to perform an upgrade from WinMe to
Win2K, as WinMe is the newer OS. You would have to back up your data
and start with a clean hard drive.

Windows Me to Windows 2000 Upgrade Is Not Supported
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;272627.


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Bruce Chambers

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