• Re: Switch from Win98 to 2000, an easy and quick way? Show me....

    From Pegasus \(MVP\)@I.can@fly.com to comp.os.ms-windows.nt,comp.os.ms-windows.misc on Friday, July 25, 2003 11:08:35
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    a) The easy way: Upgrade Win98 to Win2000. You can do
    it in about one hour. You will get an installation that will
    probably work. In the long run it may exhibit some weird
    and wonderful problems.

    b) The professional way: Do a clean installation of Win2000
    into its own folder. This will take you about one hour, plus
    the time required to re-install all your applications. This
    will give you a rock-solid installation.

    You don't need to delete Win98 until much later. Just leave
    it there for the time being, in case it's required if something
    goes wrong. When you're ready, delete c:\Windows.


    "Felix" <felix.erdtmann@web.de> wrote in message news:2b137e38.0307240809.6d026410@posting.google.com...
    ok, heres the deal, the urgent deal I'd have to add as I will have to
    do this tomorrow morning so any help is MORE than appreciated.

    I tried to get win98 to do the dsl-thang, wont work and quite frankyl,
    I like win 2000 better anyway, so I recommended a switch (I am doing
    this for a friend of a friend).

    Basically what I am asking for: which is the easiest way to do the
    switch?

    Our starting point is this: win98 system, various partitions/hdds with
    files as well as programms. I figure that hardware wont be an issue as
    there is nothing more exotic than a swappable hdd and maybe a nokia communicator hookup.

    I want to go the least painful way, obviously, for example moving all
    files to one partition, formatting it (I dont even know if the
    partitions survive a format or if I will have to stick to deleting)
    and installing win2k to it.

    How can I get rid of win98 clean and simple?
    Programms I assume will have to be reinstalled due to registry
    entries?
    I should probably stick to fat32 on the w2k installation (even though
    ntfs is better) since I dont want to go through the change on all the
    other hdds and partitions!?

    And as a bottom line: I am looking at how many hours of work?


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  • From Colin Wilson@btiruseless@btinternet.com to comp.os.ms-windows.nt,comp.os.ms-windows.misc on Friday, July 25, 2003 07:56:08
    From Newsgroup: comp.os.ms-windows.misc

    a) The easy way: Upgrade Win98 to Win2000. You can do
    it in about one hour. You will get an installation that will
    probably work. In the long run it may exhibit some weird
    and wonderful problems.
    b) The professional way: Do a clean installation of Win2000
    into its own folder. This will take you about one hour, plus
    the time required to re-install all your applications. This
    will give you a rock-solid installation.

    Having tried both over 4 attempts to put win2k on, once I had installed a
    few basic apps (firewall, email, news) I had a system so unstable I went
    back to 98SE.
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  • From Pegasus \(MVP\)@I.can@fly.com to comp.os.ms-windows.nt,comp.os.ms-windows.misc on Friday, July 25, 2003 17:22:17
    From Newsgroup: comp.os.ms-windows.misc


    "Colin Wilson" <btiruseless@btinternet.com> wrote in message news:MPG.198ae4e6a9635299989924@news.cis.dfn.de...
    a) The easy way: Upgrade Win98 to Win2000. You can do
    it in about one hour. You will get an installation that will
    probably work. In the long run it may exhibit some weird
    and wonderful problems.
    b) The professional way: Do a clean installation of Win2000
    into its own folder. This will take you about one hour, plus
    the time required to re-install all your applications. This
    will give you a rock-solid installation.

    Having tried both over 4 attempts to put win2k on, once I had installed a
    few basic apps (firewall, email, news) I had a system so unstable I went
    back to 98SE.

    Your experience is out of line with the experience of most
    other users of Win2000. I suspect that either your "clean"
    installation was not clean, or that there is a hardware issue
    that Win98 can cope with but Win2000 can't. About half of
    my clients use Win98, the other half Win2000. Most of
    those on Win2000 cannot even recall their last crash. The
    Win98 users certainly can.

    Still, if you're happy with Win98 then there is a positive outcome.


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