Upgrading to Windows XP Pro from W2K Pro

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Phil Hasenkamp

I am currently running Windows 2000 Professional and have decided to upgrade
to Windows XP Pro. But now that I have the new OS "in-hand" I'm having
trouble determining what path I should take.

The upgrade option is attractive because it retains all of my systems and
program settings. I'm not married to them but I'd like to do this with as
little hastle as possible. However, I've had a few friends tell me that I
should go the New Installation path but they can't really tell me why.

Is anyone willing to share their experiences/opinions about this with me? I
would certainly appreciate hearing from you. Oh! By-the-way, I will also
be upgrading to Office Professional 2003 and Microsoft Project 2003 as well.

Thanks,

Phil
 
Do the upgrade, Phil, unless you were having a lot of trouble with 2000. It
is not necessary to do a clean install. If you do have problems you can
always do a clean install, but save yourself a ton of work and try the
upgrade.
 
OR, you can save yourself alot of work and do a clean
install from the start.... :-)

Then, if you have any problems, you know it's NOT because
of an upgrade install.....

Search these groups, any MVP will tell you a clean
install is the best way.

It's kinda like spring cleaning... alot of work but a
nice feeling when it's done.
 
I am currently running Windows 2000 Professional and have decided to upgrade
to Windows XP Pro. But now that I have the new OS "in-hand" I'm having
trouble determining what path I should take.

The upgrade option is attractive because it retains all of my systems and
program settings. I'm not married to them but I'd like to do this with as
little hastle as possible. However, I've had a few friends tell me that I
should go the New Installation path but they can't really tell me why.

Is anyone willing to share their experiences/opinions about this with me? I
would certainly appreciate hearing from you. Oh! By-the-way, I will also
be upgrading to Office Professional 2003 and Microsoft Project 2003 as well.

Thanks,

Phil
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Why ruin a perfectly good W2K install?
 
If your Win2000 don't give you any trouble do not upgrade. WinXP works for
most but gives some no end to troubles. If you are intrepid, well go ahead
and upgrade (or clean install, same to me).
 
Hi, Phil.

A clean install is seldom a bad idea, especially if you haven't done one in
a while - just like spring housecleaning. ;^}

An upgrade from an MS-DOS-based version of Windows (Win9x/ME) to an NT-based
version (Win2K/XP) quite often results in a less-than-perfect migration of
drivers and applications. From Win2K to WinXP, though, should be a painless
process.

One minor point that may or may not matter to you: the default name of the
"boot folder" for most versions of Windows is \Windows, but mine is \WinNT,
because it was "inherited" from Win2K when I upgraded. Setup doesn't ask;
it just carries over the old name as the %SystemRoot% variable.

I installed Win2K Pro the day it went on sale (2/17/00) and dual-booted it
with Win98 for a year while hardware makers finished getting the new drivers
written - and my motherboard maker wrote a new BIOS to handle IRQ conflicts.
That was a year of headaches! I upgraded to WinXP Pro the day it went on
sale (10/25/01) and have never regretted leaving Win2K behind. ;<)

I like WinXP much better than Win2K.

RC
 
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