2000 basic root files

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Kirk

Hello,

It is supposed to be a clean install over Windows ME but I still have some
old files on the root. All of them are uppercase names so I assume they
all are garbage from the old W98 installation.

Is it safe to delete them? Are all those uppercase-name files from Windows
98, while lowercase are from 2000? (BTW, there is no need to use W98 anymore)

SETUP.LOG
BOOTSECT.LOG
NETLOG.TXT
DETLOG.TXT

Obviously the following are from W98:

COMMAND.COM
IO.SYS
MSDOS___
CLASSES.1ST
SUHDLOG.DAT
SYSTEM.1ST
MSDOS.SYS
AUTOEXEC.BAT
CONFIG.SYS
CONFG.BAK
AUTOEXEC.BAK

Thanks for your help, just want to be sure since this is my third day dealing
with 2000.

Kirk
 
You didn't do a clean install. A clean install means to format the
drive and install the operating system from scratch. The files you
report would not have survived a clean (format) install. I suggest that
you start again from scratch, boot with your Windows 2000 CD and at the
appropriate screen format the drive "Full NTFS" and install Windows 2000
cleanly.

John
 
Kirk said:
Hello,

It is supposed to be a clean install over Windows ME but I still have some
old files on the root. All of them are uppercase names so I assume they
all are garbage from the old W98 installation.

Is it safe to delete them? Are all those uppercase-name files from Windows
98, while lowercase are from 2000? (BTW, there is no need to use W98 anymore)

SETUP.LOG
BOOTSECT.LOG
NETLOG.TXT
DETLOG.TXT

Obviously the following are from W98:

COMMAND.COM
IO.SYS
MSDOS___
CLASSES.1ST
SUHDLOG.DAT
SYSTEM.1ST
MSDOS.SYS
AUTOEXEC.BAT
CONFIG.SYS
CONFG.BAK
AUTOEXEC.BAK

Thanks for your help, just want to be sure since this is my third day dealing
with 2000.

Kirk
Click to expand...

A Windows 2000 installation does not take three days - the basic
process takes just 40 minutes, provided you install Windows onto
a freshly formatted disk, as John recommends.
 
Don't be so rude please. I'm asking questions and you give me recommendations.
Of course it took me 30 minutes to install, what I'm trying to do is to
learn from scratch.

Bye bye geniuses.
 
Kirk said:
Don't be so rude please. I'm asking questions and you give me recommendations.
Of course it took me 30 minutes to install, what I'm trying to do is to
learn from scratch.

Bye bye geniuses.
Click to expand...

No rudeness intended. To avoid being misunderstood it
helps expressing yourself very, very clearly. Your statement
"this is my third day dealing with 2000" can be interpreted
in several different ways.
 
No one has been rude to you and the recommendations given were all sound.

If you really want to learn from scratch, here are a few basic tech articles
worth reading, if applicable to your situation:

How to Prepare to Upgrade Windows 95 or Windows 98 to Windows 2000
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;250297

Windows Me to Windows 2000 Upgrade Is Not Supported
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;272627

How To Install Windows 2000 Professional
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;304868

How to perform an in-place upgrade of Windows 2000
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q292175

What an in-place Windows 2000 upgrade changes and what it does not change
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/306952/

How to obtain the latest Windows 2000 service pack
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/260910/

Update Rollup 1 for Windows 2000 SP4 and known issues
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/891861

48-Bit LBA Support for ATAPI Disk Drives in Windows 2000
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;305098

Description of the Windows 2000 Recovery Console
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q229716

Description of the Windows 2000 System File Checker (Sfc.exe)
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;222471

How to Use a Windows Boot Disk to Prevent Boot Failure in Windows 2000 or
Windows NT
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;101668

How to Create an Emergency Repair Disk in Windows 2000
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/231777/

How to configure and use Automatic Updates in Windows 2000
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/327850

The MS TweakUI utility for Windows 2000 can now be downloaded from here:
http://www.download.com/3000-2341-2830963.html

The above list is not all inclusive of everything you need to know, but it may
be worth your while to save it for future use and/or reference.

Hope this helps.

Good luck!

| Don't be so rude please. I'm asking questions and you give me
recommendations.
| Of course it took me 30 minutes to install, what I'm trying to do is to
| learn from scratch.
|
| Bye bye geniuses.
|
|
 
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