Re: Upgrading Computer from 95

I realize most Win users out there are sold on all the new toys but if that old box runs well on 95 just get a network card for about $5 to $10 for each machine and connect the two with a cat5 cable. USB is fine but it is not the only technology out there and the world ran well before it arrived. I have 2 95 boxes doing what they did well in there day, 3 98 boxes, 2 win2k, & 3 Linux. All talk just fine over the cat5 connected LAN. Configuration is not that hard either. Just go to http://www.tomsnetworking.com/Sections-article62-page1.php,

http://www.practicallynetworked.com/networking/

or

http://www.slipstick.com/

to name just a few sites that can give you just about all the help you will need.

Don't forget to put a router like Linksys, Netgear, etc. between your LAN and your cable/dsl modem though and if you are going to run dialup through an XP box make sure you still have something like Zonealarm (the free version) running on all boxes. Do this for any LAN to give an extra layer of protection.

Good luck and enjoy.

James



Dave Patrick wrote:
Except if you're running win95 then the hardware is most likely too old and under powered. Also 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 CD-Rom or setup disks. The set of four install disks can be created from your Win2k 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.

When you get to the point, delete the existing NTFS and or other partitions found. After you delete the partition(s) abort the install, then again restart the pc booting the CD-Rom or setup disks to avoid unexpected drive letter assignments with your new install.

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.

Be sure to apply these to your new install before connecting to any network.

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


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