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How best to upgrade to XP from 2k

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DeeKnow

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my trusty old pc (IBM, 700 MHz PIII) has had Win2k on it for a lonnng time and the kids have installed and uninstalled hundreds of games and other stuff ... with the result that the registry is quite likely full of junk, and it begins to feel a little slow..

I could just reformat and reinstall Win 2k... but i have good reasons to think it may be time for XP... Question is... is it okay to just install XP 'over' 2k, or should i do a clean format and then install XP?

in the first case, will all users have most of their settings etc preserved?
 
Normally if you have a clean install of 2k already I would suggest doing an upgrade but since you said it's a mess already you'll just carry that mess over to XP. Garbage in, garbage out.

Upgrading from 2k to XP is very doable. Companies out there deploy thousands of 2k to XP upgrades without reformatting.
 
Originally posted by: InseName
not sure if it makes a difference but, i wood zero-fill-in first
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No need for a low level format. NTFS quick format should be more than sufficient to wipe out the old OS.
 
Originally posted by: powerMarkymark
Do a clean install.
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Another vote cast for clean installations. As for losing "settings", you might want to be more specific in what that translates to precisely. Most user data can be captured, and backed up.
 
Unless you are actually actively seeing problems, errors, major slowdowns, etc., or have a pressing design to upgrade to XP, I would actually advise not doing so. If you still want to, I would advise doing a clean install, preferably with SP2 slipstreamed. With that older vintage of machine though, I would check that the BIOS is compatible with XP, it is much more strict with ACPI BIOS requirements, and that you have enough RAM, I recommend no less than 256MB to run XP + apps at any kind of reasonable speed. 512MB or more is still better. W2K can squeak by on less.
 
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