Upgrading to windows 2000 professional

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Guest

I wish to upgrade my existing system (windows 98SE) to windows 2000
Professional.But i also have installed Office XP and Autocad 2000 on my
system. So when I install windows 2000 will I have to reinstall other
applications too?

Thanks for any help...
 
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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.


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Regards,

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

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|I wish to upgrade my existing system (windows 98SE) to windows 2000
| Professional.But i also have installed Office XP and Autocad 2000 on my
| system. So when I install windows 2000 will I have to reinstall other
| applications too?
|
| Thanks for any help...
 
G

Guest

But Dave ... will I have to Re-Install all My other Applications like
MSOffice and Autocad if I use your method?
Thanks ...
 
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Dave Patrick

Yes

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Regards,

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

:
| But Dave ... will I have to Re-Install all My other Applications like
| MSOffice and Autocad if I use your method?
| Thanks ...
 
G

Guest

Ok Dave... Thanks for your advice...
I first will try upgrading my Win98 SE. The Current
installation is showing signs of fatigue, crashing every now and then and
applications are taking a long time to load. If upgradation is not
successfull and my machine shows no signs of resurgence then I will try your
method.
 

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