Re: Going fromWin98SE to Win2000

From: Dan Seur (click_at_casta.net)
Date: 12/08/04

  • Next message: Danny Sanders: "Re: Going fromWin98SE to Win2000" 
    Date: Wed, 08 Dec 2004 14:50:05 -0500

    James - three things:

    1. from within W98SE, you can run (from the W2k CD):
          winnt32.exe /checkupgradeonly
    and this will analyze your hardware for potential W2k install problems,
    and suggest solutions. It will NOT start a W2k install. It's a built-in
    way of making sure your hardware is supported, or at least discovering
    which if any devices the W2k package, as issued, can't support (you'd
    have to find/download drivers).

    2. You probably know this, but it's always best to do a clean W2k
    install instead of an upgrade, to avoid propagating various registry and
    other subtle corruptions that may exist and can cause serious headaches.
    Reinstalling apps actually takes less time than those headaches can.

    3. From watching this group for a few years, it seems that except for
    Very Old Hardware there's little difficulty in finding W2k drivers.

    James Savage wrote:

    > I have contemplated going from Win98SE to Win2000 for some time. My
    > hesitation has always been in getting all the correct drivers, etc for the
    > new operating system. I have a Dell Optiplex and Dell points you to a part
    > of their website where drivers are located. I have found trying to determine
    > which ones I need rather daunting - but that could be just me. I have been
    > told that Win2000 has a good number of the necessary drivers, but I am not
    > sure.
    > Probably the question I am asking is - how big a deal is it changing to the
    > Win2000 operating system (knowing that part of the answer is it depends on
    > what equipment I have) ? Thanks.
    >
    >

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