Upgrading Windows Millenium to Windows 2000 Service Pack 3

[Guest]

I have a Dell Inspiron 8000 laptop running OEM Windows Millenium. To use
an iPOD with this machine I attempted an upgrade to Windows 2000 Prof.
w/Service Pack 3 (on the same CD ROM).
Total failure! The display screen shows only a 3"x5" image surrounded by
black on a 15.5 inch LCD screen. The image willl contain runnng program etc.
but is not the way it should be.
Thank you for your help.

 

[Dave Patrick]

Failure is the expected behavior here. You must do a clean install. To do a
clean install, either boot the Windows 2000 install CD-Rom or setup disks.
The set of four install disks can be created from your Windows 2000 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.

Be sure to apply these to your new install before connecting to any network.

http://download.microsoft.com/download/E/6/A/E6A04295-D2A8-40D0-A0C5-241BFECD095E/W2KSP4_EN.EXE
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS03-043.mspx
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS03-049.mspx

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Regards,

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:
| I have a Dell Inspiron 8000 laptop running OEM Windows Millenium. To
use
| an iPOD with this machine I attempted an upgrade to Windows 2000 Prof.
| w/Service Pack 3 (on the same CD ROM).
| Total failure! The display screen shows only a 3"x5" image surrounded
by
| black on a 15.5 inch LCD screen. The image willl contain runnng program
etc.
| but is not the way it should be.
| Thank you for your help.
|
|