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  • Upgrading Win 2000 to XP

    I've recently been concidering upgradeing to XP from 2000 and I'm wondering if anyone has had any good/bad experiences trying to do this. I do mean upgrade in the old fashioned sense, as in I don't want to format if I can get away with it. I've read that the XP upgrade path is actually quite robust but I wanted to confirm that from people that I trust (that would be you guys ).

    So, if there are any horror stories or bits of info that I should know before I attempt this operation I'd appreciate hearing about them.

    Thanks
    Ian
    Primary System:
    MSI 745 Ultra, AMD 2400+ XP, 1024 MB Crucial PC2100 DDR SDRAM, Sapphire Radeon 9800 Pro, 3Com 3c905C NIC,
    120GB Seagate UDMA 100 HD, 60 GB Seagate UDMA 100 HD, Pioneer DVD 105S, BenQ 12x24x40 CDRW, SB Audigy OEM,
    Win XP, MS Intellimouse Optical, 17" Mag 720v2
    Seccondary System:
    Epox 7KXA BIOS 5/22, Athlon 650, 512 MB Crucial 7E PC133 SDRAM, Hercules Prophet 4500 Kyro II, SBLive Value,
    3Com 3c905B-TX NIC, 40 GB IBM UDMA 100 HD, 45X Acer CD-ROM,
    Win XP, MS Wheel Mouse Optical, 15" POS Monitor
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  • #2
    if memory serves me correctly you'll need the xp pro to upgrade from win2k.
    in spite of your reluctance, I would still recommend a clean install!

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    • #3
      Originally posted by ayoub_ibrahim
      if memory serves me correctly you'll need the xp pro to upgrade from win2k.
      in spite of your reluctance, I would still recommend a clean install!
      Clean install or dont bother imo, as you are just asking for problems in the future.

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      • #4
        Last time I tried it I got a blue screen of death.

        Sometime I'll do a clean install possibly when I get my new lightening detector card installed.
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        • #5
          Umm... it can be done, but you will eventually end up reinstalling. It's just the way of the OS.

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          • #6
            But I would definitley take the pro version

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            • #7
              Well, since it seems that doing an upgrade is not seen as a viable options then I'm just going to stick with 2000 for now. I have neither the time nor the patience to do a clean install in the forseeable future so I'd just as soon keep my nice stable and functional install of 2000 rather than spend the neccesary time to get those extra few conveniences that XP would hold for me.

              Thanks for the advice guys,
              Ian
              Primary System:
              MSI 745 Ultra, AMD 2400+ XP, 1024 MB Crucial PC2100 DDR SDRAM, Sapphire Radeon 9800 Pro, 3Com 3c905C NIC,
              120GB Seagate UDMA 100 HD, 60 GB Seagate UDMA 100 HD, Pioneer DVD 105S, BenQ 12x24x40 CDRW, SB Audigy OEM,
              Win XP, MS Intellimouse Optical, 17" Mag 720v2
              Seccondary System:
              Epox 7KXA BIOS 5/22, Athlon 650, 512 MB Crucial 7E PC133 SDRAM, Hercules Prophet 4500 Kyro II, SBLive Value,
              3Com 3c905B-TX NIC, 40 GB IBM UDMA 100 HD, 45X Acer CD-ROM,
              Win XP, MS Wheel Mouse Optical, 15" POS Monitor
              Tertiary system
              Offbrand PII Mobo, PII 350, 256MB PC100 SDRAM, 15GB UDMA66 7200RPM Maxtor HD, USRobotics 10/100 NIC, RedHat Linux 8.0
              Camera: Canon 10D DSLR, Canon 100-400L f4.5-5.6 IS USM, Canon 100 Macro USM Canon 28-135 f3.5-5.6 IS USM, Canon Speedlite 200E, tripod, bag, etc.

              "Any sufficiently advanced technology will be indistinguishable from magic." --Arthur C. Clarke

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