XP SP2 upgrade can't find a previous version...

[Guest]

Hi all,

I have a system running W2K SP4 that I want to upgrade to XP (well, I don't
want to but I guess I'm stuck with it). However I boot the XP Pro SP2
upgrade CD, agree to the license, and it tells me it "cannot find a previous
version of Windows" on my system. Lovely.

I've found a few articles mentioning possible Boot.ini problems, but the
system boots & runs fine under W2K. No boot managers are installed, and no
other versions of Windows. The system did start off as a 98SE install, was
upgraded to W2K, then the hardware was upgraded in place. I'm not sure if
there's some cruft left-over that could be causing this, or if it's some
other issue.

Any suggestions appreciated. I'd rather not have to frag the system
completely and start over from scratch, as I simply have no time and there's
too much stuff installed to make it convenient.

Thx.

 

[Pennywise]

Hi all,

I have a system running W2K SP4 that I want to upgrade to XP (well, I don't
want to but I guess I'm stuck with it). However I boot the XP Pro SP2
upgrade CD, agree to the license, and it tells me it "cannot find a previous
version of Windows" on my system. Lovely.

Point it to your windows directory.

 

[BigJim]

when I use an upgrade cd it usually asks for the old original install cd, so
I pull the xp disk out and insert the original OS disk then back in with the
upgrade disk. I then can do a full install.

 

[Mark Weinreb]

Hi all,

I have a system running W2K SP4 that I want to upgrade to XP (well, I
don't
want to but I guess I'm stuck with it). However I boot the XP Pro SP2
upgrade CD, agree to the license, and it tells me it "cannot find a
previous
version of Windows" on my system. Lovely.

I've found a few articles mentioning possible Boot.ini problems, but the
system boots & runs fine under W2K. No boot managers are installed, and
no
other versions of Windows. The system did start off as a 98SE install,
was
upgraded to W2K, then the hardware was upgraded in place. I'm not sure if
there's some cruft left-over that could be causing this, or if it's some
other issue.

Any suggestions appreciated. I'd rather not have to frag the system
completely and start over from scratch, as I simply have no time and
there's
too much stuff installed to make it convenient.

Thx.

Which version of Windows 2000 do you have installed, Professional or Server?
If Server then that's the problem. You cannot upgrade Windows 2000 Server to
Windows XP.

 

[Guest]

You have to provide qualifying media at this point which includes a 95,98,ME
pretty much any other operating system disk manufactured by Microsoft. Just
put in the drive and click ok. Sooner or later it will ask for the XP disk
again.

 

[Guest]

I tried this once, and it said that this would trigger a full installation
that would wipe any existing OS on the disk.

Someone else suggested:

Point it to your windows directory.

How? I didn't see an option during the CD boot process to designate the
location of the existing directory.

Thx.

 

[Yves Leclerc]

Windows 98, 98SE, 2000 Professional and ME install CD should let te upgrade do
the upgrade install.

Windows 95 CD may force a full install (clean.)

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

I have a system running W2K SP4 that I want to upgrade to XP (well, I
don't want to but I guess I'm stuck with it). However I boot the XP
Pro SP2 upgrade CD, agree to the license, and it tells me it "cannot
find a previous version of Windows" on my system. Lovely.

Are you trying to upgrade to XP Home? Sorry, that's not a supported upgrade
path. You can upgrade from Windows 2000 Professional to XP Professional, but
not to XP Home, which Microsoft considers a downgrade.

 

[Bruce Chambers]

Hi all,

I have a system running W2K SP4 that I want to upgrade to XP (well, I don't
want to but I guess I'm stuck with it). However I boot the XP Pro SP2
upgrade CD, agree to the license, and it tells me it "cannot find a previous
version of Windows" on my system. Lovely.

What happens if you boot into Win2K, insert the WinXP installation CD,
and then choose the Upgrade option from the resulting AutoStarted screen?



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