Jess
Wed Apr 09 02:27:29 PDT 2008
Thanks for everyone's suggestions.
Installing all of his apps from scratch again really isn't an option at this
point. Can't go to work and drive the parent taxi and still invest that many
hours... heck... just reinstalling the plug-ins for his graphic apps would
take an entire day. I guess he's stuck with what he has.
This sucks.
"Dave Patrick" <DSPatrick@nospam.gmail.com> wrote in message
news:uAM03UemIHA.3532@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> Be advised that upgrades from win9x almost always fail for any number of
> reasons. Save yourself some time and 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 install CD-Rom or
> setup disks. The set of four install disks can be created from your
> Windows 2000 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.
>
> (Note: If your drive controller is not natively supported then you'll want
> to boot the Windows 2000 install CD-Rom. Then *F6* very early and very
> important (at setup is inspecting your system) in the setup to prevent
> drive controller detection, and select S to specify additional drivers.
> Then later you'll be prompted to insert the manufacturer supplied Windows
> 2000 driver for your drive controller in drive "A")
>
> Setup inspects your computer's hardware configuration and then begins to
> install the Setup and driver files. When the Windows 2000 Professional
> screen appears, press ENTER to set up Windows 2000 Professional.
>
> Read the license agreement, and then press the F8 key to accept the terms
> of the license agreement and continue the installation.
>
> When the Windows 2000 Professional Setup screen appears, all the existing
> partitions and the unpartitioned spaces are listed for each physical hard
> disk. Use the ARROW keys to select the partitions Press D to delete an
> existing partition, If you press D to delete an existing partition, you
> must then press L (or press ENTER, and then press L if it is the System
> partition) to confirm that you want to delete the partition. Repeat this
> step for each of the existing partitions When all the partitions are
> deleted press F3 to exit setup, (to avoid unexpected drive letter
> assignments with your new install) then restart the pc then when you get
> to this point in setup again select the unpartitioned space, and then
> press C to create a new partition and specify the size (if required).
> Windows will by default use all available space.
>
> Be sure to apply SP4 and these two below to your new install before
> connecting to any network. Internet included. (sasser, msblast)
>
http://download.microsoft.com/download/E/6/A/E6A04295-D2A8-40D0-A0C5-241BFECD095E/W2KSP4_EN.EXE
>
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS03-043.mspx
>
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS03-049.mspx
>
> Then
>
> Rollup 1 for Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 4
>
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?amp;displaylang=en&familyid=B54730CF-8850-4531-B52B-BF28B324C662&displaylang=en
>
> 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.
>
> No restore in Windows 2000. Always best to use the native file system NTFS
>
>
> --
>
> Regards,
>
> Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
> Microsoft Certified Professional
> Microsoft MVP [Windows]
>
http://www.microsoft.com/protect
>
> "Jess Fertudei" wrote:
>>I have several machines that have 98SE on them. One in particular didn't
>>get heavy use, but now the 14 yr. old is doing his best to give it a
>>workout (ASUS A7V600X-E Sempron2400 w/ 512 PC3200DDR).
>>
>> I have a copy of 2000 Pro Upgrade here that I was going to use quite a
>> few years back, but never did (went with XP for that machine) and I was
>> considering putting it on his machine for a number of reasons (like I
>> want to add NAS to my wired router and I want to buy Office 2007 Student
>> to put on there for him and etc.) I am aware that a clean install is
>> always best, but in this instance I do not have the time to invest in
>> starting him over from scratch so I may do an upgrade as the next best
>> thing.
>>
>> His C drive is 13G and he currently uses about 8.5G for windows and
>> programs... his graphics files and such are on D.
>>
>> How much further will 2000 gobble up his C drive as an Upgrade?
>>
>> How about space needed to put Office Student 07 over 97Pro?
>>
>> Will it install to a FAT (was 98SE FAT32?) drive? I would like to keep
>> all the machines in the house using the same file format and so my XP
>> machines are also FAT.
>>
>> Does 2000 have the same Restore Points as XP Home?
>>
>> Anything else I'm not thinking of?
>>
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