Re: Upgrading to Windows XP Pro from W2K Pro

From: R. C. White (RCWhite_at_msn.com)
Date: 03/01/04 

Date: Mon, 1 Mar 2004 11:45:07 -0600

Hi, Phil.

A clean install is seldom a bad idea, especially if you haven't done one in
a while - just like spring housecleaning. ;^}

An upgrade from an MS-DOS-based version of Windows (Win9x/ME) to an NT-based
version (Win2K/XP) quite often results in a less-than-perfect migration of
drivers and applications. From Win2K to WinXP, though, should be a painless
process.

One minor point that may or may not matter to you: the default name of the
"boot folder" for most versions of Windows is \Windows, but mine is \WinNT,
because it was "inherited" from Win2K when I upgraded. Setup doesn't ask;
it just carries over the old name as the %SystemRoot% variable.

I installed Win2K Pro the day it went on sale (2/17/00) and dual-booted it
with Win98 for a year while hardware makers finished getting the new drivers
written - and my motherboard maker wrote a new BIOS to handle IRQ conflicts.
That was a year of headaches! I upgraded to WinXP Pro the day it went on
sale (10/25/01) and have never regretted leaving Win2K behind. ;<)

I like WinXP much better than Win2K.

RC 

-- 
R. C. White, CPA
San Marcos, TX
rc@corridor.net
Microsoft Windows MVP
"Phil Hasenkamp" <nwproman@earthlink.net> wrote in message
news:Way0c.13314$yZ1.4438@newsread2.news.pas.earthlink.net...
> I am currently running Windows 2000 Professional and have decided to
upgrade
> to Windows XP Pro.  But now that I have the new OS "in-hand" I'm having
> trouble determining what path I should take.
>
> The upgrade option is attractive because it retains all of my systems and
> program settings.  I'm not married to them but I'd like to do this with as
> little hastle as possible.  However, I've had a few friends tell me that I
> should go the New Installation path but they can't really tell me why.
>
> Is anyone willing to share their experiences/opinions about this with me?
I
> would certainly appreciate hearing from you.  Oh!  By-the-way, I will also
> be upgrading to Office Professional 2003 and Microsoft Project 2003 as wel
l.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Phil

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