Windows 2000 Pro Upgrade

[Tony F]

Am trying to upgrade from Windows 98. On loading the CD I
get as far as the upgrade window which tells me the CD is
preparing an upgrade report as to compatibility when after
some loading an error message appears.

I have an HP Vectra VLi8 desktop with Intel Pentium 111
and it appears to be compatible. I have downloaded the
upgrades.

Any suggestions?

 

[Dave Patrick]

IMO it's simply not worth the 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.

 

[Sparker9]

It might help if you tell us what the error message said and how the system reacted (did it freeze or did it just display a message?).

And which upgrades to what did you download and which did you install?