win 2k upgrade to xp pro

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ron beezley

I am running win 2k server and need to change to xp pro... No longer need
the
server environment but have 7 years of information I can't loose. Someone
told me xp pro will not install over win 2k server so what do I do? I want
to
get ready for vista premium...... Any help would be appreciated.
 
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Dave Patrick

There is no supported upgrade/downgrade path from any version of server to
any version of workstation.

Cross-post when necessary, but never multi-post. Cross-posting is when you
include two or more groups in the "Newsgroups:" section. In this scenario
the message and all responses are seen in all groups that the message was
cross-posted to. In other words any replies will automatically propagate to
the other newsgroup posts.

Multi-posting is when you post the same message to two or more groups
individually. In this scenario the message is seen in the groups it is
posted to, but the responses are only seen attached to the message (unless
you cross-post the reply) in which the response was made. So those that
frequent these groups then need to deal with or re-read the posts. It may
seem like a small thing to keep track of. But some of us actively traverse
50 or more groups. The poster also then must search out all of the posts to
see if there was a response.

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Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
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|I am running win 2k server and need to change to xp pro... No longer need
| the
| server environment but have 7 years of information I can't loose. Someone
| told me xp pro will not install over win 2k server so what do I do? I want
| to
| get ready for vista premium...... Any help would be appreciated.
|
|
 
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Hank Arnold

Back up data you need. Then format and install. No other option...

Regards,
Hank Arnold
 
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Steve Williamson

Obtain another HDD and put XPPro on that, using the win2k SVR disk as a
secondary drive?

That's what I've done in the past, works a charm :)
 

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