UPGRADING

If I have an error in my windows 98, & my computer tells
me I need to reinstall windows, if I upgraded with
windows2000 which doesn't erase your data you have saved,
than can I just up upgrade & not lose everything I have on
my hard drive? My computer can only load to dos, even safe
mode crashes the system before the desktop even comes up.
I can't transfer anything that doesn't fit on a disk, my
usb ports don't even work! If upgrading doesn't erase your
data, than if I upgrade, will that save my data from being
lost, will windows2000 still work even though the msgsrv32
file is gone?

Cody
Thu Aug 21 05:51:18 CDT 2003

It would be better to clean install Windows 2000 and use a NTSF format
rather than a FAT 32 format which is what you will have if you upgrade.

Cody
"TSEREGARD LOXUE" <TSEREGARDLOXUE@AOL.COM> wrote in message
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> If I have an error in my windows 98, & my computer tells
> me I need to reinstall windows, if I upgraded with
> windows2000 which doesn't erase your data you have saved,
> than can I just up upgrade & not lose everything I have on
> my hard drive? My computer can only load to dos, even safe
> mode crashes the system before the desktop even comes up.
> I can't transfer anything that doesn't fit on a disk, my
> usb ports don't even work! If upgrading doesn't erase your
> data, than if I upgrade, will that save my data from being
> lost, will windows2000 still work even though the msgsrv32
> file is gone?

Richard
Thu Aug 21 06:08:42 CDT 2003

Windows 2000 will not upgrade WindowsMe, so there's no way to install it
without losing all your data.

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"TSEREGARD LOXUE" <TSEREGARDLOXUE@AOL.COM> wrote in message
news:095901c367b4$63405300$a401280a@phx.gbl...
> If I have an error in my windows 98, & my computer tells
> me I need to reinstall windows, if I upgraded with
> windows2000 which doesn't erase your data you have saved,
> than can I just up upgrade & not lose everything I have on
> my hard drive? My computer can only load to dos, even safe
> mode crashes the system before the desktop even comes up.
> I can't transfer anything that doesn't fit on a disk, my
> usb ports don't even work! If upgrading doesn't erase your
> data, than if I upgrade, will that save my data from being
> lost, will windows2000 still work even though the msgsrv32
> file is gone?