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Windows upgrade from 98 to 2000
This is my first post so excuse any errors. I bought a Dell Dimension in 2000. I now want to upgrade my operating system from Windows 98se to Windows 2000 to match my work-based pc. I am confused about warnings about BIOS - what is the safest way to go about an upgrade?
PS - going Broadband as of this weekend!! lots of boxes have arrived with intimidating equipment in them. will this have any impact on an upgrade?
Many thanks in antic. from a Novice.
Domino52
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Posted October 1st, 2003 17:00
Many thanks for advice - will let you know how I get on!
Dom
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Posted October 2nd, 2003 18:00
I dunno... a clean install is always better, I agree, but I've upgraded from 98 to 2k lots of times, and never seen any real artifacts. Upgrading ME, on the other hand...379
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Posted October 2nd, 2003 22:00
You cannot upgrade WINME to 2000 this is not supported and even microsoft will tell you this wont work.
You can upgrade WINME to WINXP HOME.379
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Posted October 3rd, 2003 12:00
Though I didn't specify, I was referring to upgrading ME to XP... a nightmare, let me assure you.
Francis Nguyen
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Posted October 1st, 2003 15:00
Avoid upgrade! Wipe the hard drive an clean install W2K in a formatted partition. You can format the partition with FAT32 or NTFS.
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