If this is an old laptop that ran 98, there's a chance that its hardware
simply won't support W2k. You can check this relatively quickly by
installing and booting W98, inserting the W2k CD, navigating to the CD's
/i386, and running [winnt32.exe /checkupgradeonly]. With the
"checkupgradeonly" parameter the 32-bit winnt32.exe installer will
merely examine the hardware and report problems found; no W2k install
will occur.
I'm assuming by 'clean install' you mean you actually obliterated W98
before the W2k install such that no W98 system software/settings/drivers
etc could have been integrated into the W2k system. I also assume that
the proper W2k driver for that laptop's video has been provided; a W98
video driver is of no use to W2k.
Not much useful detail in your message, and some ambiguity to boot. This
reply may or may not address your real problem. Good luck!
Mike said:
Sounds familiar? Well I hope you don't get, cause I have no laptop now. Any
suggestions? Had 98 with a clean install of 2000. (Of course did the AVG and
avast and found 2 seperate trojans and other usual before I did the 2000
install.)
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