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Clean Install of Win2000

Pghpooh

Pghpooh

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HI
I just read the FAQ on how to do a clean install of WinXp.
By using a upgrade version of Win2000, is it possible to do a clean install of Wn2000???
I am currently running Win98se. I am a little behind the times on the o/s.
With WinXP only being out a few months, I hesitate to install it as I have been reading too many horror stories about the Win2000 installs. I prefer to go to something that has been out for a while.
My system is a AMD 1.2 gig overclocked to 1.4 gig. Using 528 mb of ram. Also, I have a WD 30 gig hd as my primary and a WD 20 gig as the secondary drive.

Thanks
Pghpooh
 


<< HI
I just read the FAQ on how to do a clean install of WinXp.
By using a upgrade version of Win2000, is it possible to do a clean install of Wn2000???
I am currently running Win98se. I am a little behind the times on the o/s.
With WinXP only being out a few months, I hesitate to install it as I have been reading too many horror stories about the Win2000 installs. I prefer to go to something that has been out for a while.
My system is a AMD 1.2 gig overclocked to 1.4 gig. Using 528 mb of ram. Also, I have a WD 30 gig hd as my primary and a WD 20 gig as the secondary drive.

Thanks
Pghpooh >>

What do you mean by a "clean install"? If you have the upgrade CD of Win2000 I don't think you will be doing a clean install. You can use it to upgrade your Win98SE, but I'd prefer to do a clean install, for which you will want the full version of Win2000. I'm with you on your thinking of Win2000 rather than the unproven, unfixed WinXP, and for that reason I'm using Win2000 and my box sounds the same as yours in every detail but the WD 20 GB HD. I have IBM 40 and 60 GB HDs. I suppose you could get a basically clean install using the Win2000 upgrade CD by backing up all your data, doing a clean install of Win98SE and then doing an immediate upgrade with the Win2000 upgrade CD. Then download and install Service Pack 2 in case you don't have SP2 on the Win2000 CD. Then install your apps, your backed up data, etc.
 
HI


Muse What I mean by a "Clean Install" is going back and formatting the hard drive and then doing the install of Win 2000 or whatever other o/s I want to use. From what I understand, when you do a upgrade, you just upgrade files. If there are problems with the pc, a upgrade will not fix any problems.
The only way to solve errors, etc. is to format, and clean install.
Thanks
Pghpooh

 


<< HI


Muse What I mean by a "Clean Install" is going back and formatting the hard drive and then doing the install of Win 2000 or whatever other o/s I want to use. From what I understand, when you do a upgrade, you just upgrade files. If there are problems with the pc, a upgrade will not fix any problems.
The only way to solve errors, etc. is to format, and clean install.
Thanks
Pghpooh >>

Yeah, I figure. And I guess the issue is whether you can just do the install from a Win2000 upgrade CD. Maybe it's like Obenton says and you will just be asked to insert the Win98 CD. If that doesn't work, you could just do a generic install of Win98SE and immediately install Win2000 after that. I figure you will get a clean install that way, probably just as good as from the Win2000 full CD. Just make sure you upgrade to SP2 if your install CD isn't. Also, you should do Windows Update (from Start Menu) to get the latest updates. Good luck. Hope you like Win2000. I'm multibooting with Win98SE and WinNT 4, but will use Win2000 99+ percent of the time. Just finished setting up the OSs and am installing my applications, utilities, configuring and stuff like that.
 
Sorry muse. I see you are nicely trying to help but you are off the mark here. Obenton is right. Just format the drive. Boot from the 2k upgrade cd. Somewhere it will ask you to insert your 98 cd to prove you have it but it will not install anything from it. It will then ask you to put the 2k disk back in and continue. Simple.
 


<< Sorry muse. I see you are nicely trying to help but you are off the mark here. Obenton is right. Just format the drive. Boot from the 2k upgrade cd. Somewhere it will ask you to insert your 98 cd to prove you have it but it will not install anything from it. It will then ask you to put the 2k disk back in and continue. Simple. >>

Yo, Bglad. That's exactly what I said. I said it might let you do that. Never done that myself, so I couldn't confirm, but I noted that it was said higher in the thread that it was said that this is the way it would go. Fine. I don't see where I was wrong.
 
First of all, I've reread again and I only see where you said to install win98 fresh then install 2k over it. Then you said it again in lieu of the other suggestion.

Second, I think I was very polite so take it easy. I'd hate to see your reply if I really insulted you.
 
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