Clean install possible with W2K upgrade cd?

[DaTech]

Is it possible to install windows2000 on a formatted harddisk with the upgrade cd or do I need a full version cd?

 

[jmcoreymv]

In the past you would be able to do a full install but before it installs to your hd it would ask for you to insert some media from a prior os, like the cd.

 

[DaTech]

I know in the past it was possible to do this but I want to know if it is possible with Windows2000

 

[CTho9305]

If I remember correctly, the installers used to search the hard drive for win.com and a few other files (I read this in a post somewhere) and if you just fake or download those files it might work. Let me know how it goes.

 

[RPB]

yes it is

 

[DaTech]

So this means that there is no difference between the upgradeand thefull version except that the upgrade asks where your files are stored

 

[CTho9305]

that is the impression I got. However, I've never had an upgrade (full CD came with all the machines I bought) so I couldn't try it.

 

[ddiccico]

yes. boot from the cd. sometime during the installation it will ask you to insert a w95/98 or NT install disk - it checks it, then continues with the installation.

 

[travisio]

My first win2k install was off and upgrade CD. All I had to do was insert a full version of NT or 98 for it to install. During the setup process it will ask you to insert one of those CDs in. But yes you can do a full install of win2k off a win2k upgrade CD.