Win2k upgrade identical to Win2k after it checks?

[Felecha]

I have had 98se for a long time now, and have got used to Win2k Pro at work and would be happy to have it at home. I've heard somewhere that the upgrade is exactly and fully the same as the full product, it just needs to check that you do in fact have the required prerequisite.

I'm having some problems right now with 98se, and in fact it's not permitting me to even do a simple reinstall, and if I have to go to a full format soon anyway, it looks like now would be a good time to do the upgrade. Format, install 98se, immediately do the upgrade. Since I'm a student at a local tech school, I can get the academic discount, too, and get out of it for $120.

 

[FOBSIDE]

you dont have to reinstall win98 first. you can just boot the win2k upgrade CD. at some point before the install process it will ask you to insert that win98 CD to see if you have one. then itll install, same as the full CD.

 

[Felecha]

Thanks. That's even better!

 

[randypj]

You might just go ahead and try to upgrade to W2K, without a format/reinstall, and see how it goes. I was amazed at how nicely it upgraded. If I'd only known, I'd never waited a year before I upgraded. I did stay with FAT16/FAT32. Didn't go NTFS.

BTW, it nicely told me that my version of Norton System Works would not work with W2K. Course, I ignored it, then couldn't uninstall SW. LOL....I must've hadda delete 400 or so reg entries. I was really surprised that all my other programs worked.
--Randy