Win XP home upgrade to Win 2000

[daveman]

Will the windows XP home upgrade work with windows 2000? If not i guess ill have to reload 98se. Just wondering if you guys knew.
Thanks
David

 

[bacillus]

the xp home upgrade won't work with win2k.
you can still do a clean install with the xp home upgrade disk as during the install it'll ask for a qualifying cd so just use the win98 cd!

 

[EeyoreX]

Which are you trying to upgrade? Windows 2000 to Windows XP, or Windows XP to 2000? Windows 2000 to XP is a valid upgrade path. Windows XP to 2000 is not. Instead of reloading 98, you could do a clean install of the upgrade. Set your PC to boot from CD. Put the upgrade CP in your drive, boot and start the install. At some point the installer will ask for a "qualified product". Put your Windows 98 CD in the CD drive and have the installer look for it. Follow the remainder of the instructions, and you should be set with your new OS.

\Dan

 

[daveman]

ok guys, thanks. EeyoreX, i am upgrading from 2000 to xp. I'll give it a shot.

many thanks
David