Re: upgrade of ME to 2000

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From: Bruce Chambers (bchambers_at_nospamcableone.net)
Date: 06/19/04 

Date: Fri, 18 Jun 2004 20:01:44 -0600

Greetings --

    You're welcome.

    Have you made sure that your PC's hardware components are capable
of supporting WinXP? This information will be found at the PC's
manufacturer's web site, and on Microsoft's Windows Catalog:
(http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/hcl/default.mspx) Additionally, run
Microsoft WinXP Upgrade Advisor to see if you have any incompatible
hardware components or applications.

    You should, before proceeding, take a few minutes to ensure that
there are WinXP device drivers available for all of the machine's
components. There may not be, if the PC was specifically designed for
Win98/Me. Also bear in mind that PCs designed for, sold and run fine
with Win9x/Me very often do not meet WinXP's much more stringent
hardware quality requirements. This is particularly true of many
models in Compaq's consumer-class Presario product line or HP's
consumer-class Pavilion product line. WinXP, like WinNT and Win2K
before it, is quite sensitive to borderline defective or substandard
hardware (particularly motherboards, RAM and hard drives) that will
still support Win9x.

HOW TO Prepare to Upgrade Win98 or WinMe
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q316639

Upgrading to Windows XP
http://aumha.org/win5/a/xpupgrad.htm

Bruce Chambers 

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"dave c" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:1dc9301c454e0$982beec0$a601280a@phx.gbl...
> Thanks you, both.  I probably will just upgrade from ME to
> XP, but want to thank you for your responses.
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >Greetings --
> >
> >    It's not technically possible to perform an upgrade
> from WinMe to
> >Win2K, as WinMe is the newer OS.  You'll have to back up
> your data and
> >start with a clean hard drive.
> >
> >Windows Me to Windows 2000 Upgrade Is Not Supported
> >http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-
> us;272627.
> >
> >    Simply boot from the Win2K installation CD.  You'll
> be offered the
> >opportunity to delete, create, and format partitions as
> part of the
> >installation process. (You may need to re-arrange the
> order of boot
> >devices in the PC's BIOS to boot from the CD.)
> >
> >    Before proceeding, though, you'd better take a few
> minutes to
> >ensure that there are Win2K device drivers available for
> your PC's
> >specific components.  There may not be, if the PC was
> specifically
> >designed for WinMe.  Have you made sure the PC is capable
> of
> >supporting Win2K?  This information will be found at the
> PC's
> >manufacturer's web site, and on Microsoft's Hardware
> Compatibility
> >List (http://www.microsoft.com/hcl/default.asp).  Also
> bear in mind
> >that computers designed for, and sold with, WinMe very
> often fail to
> >meet Win2K's much more stringent hardware quality
> requirements.
> >
> >
> >Bruce Chambers
> >-- 
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> >http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
> >
> >You can have peace. Or you can have freedom. Don't ever
> count on
> >having both at once. - RAH
> >
> >
> >"dave c" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
> message
> >news:1dbfa01c454cd$44385d70$a601280a@phx.gbl...
> >> Is there a procedure available to go through an upgrade
> >> from ME to 2000 ?
> >
> >
> >.
> >

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