Upgrading Win2000 Pro -> WinXP Pro

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Randall P Knebel

Hello,

If I want to reformat my harddrive before installing
Windows XP, could I just install XP without reinstalling
Windows 2000 PRO first? I have the original Win2000 disk.

Thanks in advance.
 
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Randall P Knebel said:
If I want to reformat my harddrive before installing
Windows XP, could I just install XP without reinstalling
Windows 2000 PRO first? I have the original Win2000 disk.
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Yes. If your XP CD is an upgrade version, you'll need to insert
the Windows 2000 CD as proof of ownership when prompted to do so.
 
Hello,

If I want to reformat my harddrive before installing
Windows XP, could I just install XP without reinstalling
Windows 2000 PRO first? I have the original Win2000 disk.

Thanks in advance.
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Both the full version and the upgrade version of XP can perform a clean
install. The difference is that the XP upgrade CD will stop before
installing XP and ask to see the Win2000 CD. Just follow the onscreen
prompts as they appear.
 
Greetings --

It is possible to perform a clean installation using an Upgrade
CD.

Simply boot from the WinXP Upgrade CD. You'll be offered the
opportunity to delete, create, and format partitions as part of the
installation process. The Upgrade CD checks to see if a qualifying OS
is installed, and, if it finds none, it asks you to insert the
installation media (CD) of that OS. Unfortunately, an OEM
"Recovery/Restore" CD will not work for this purpose; you must have a
true installation CD, complete with the "\Win98" folder and *.cab
files, or the "\i386" folder of WinNT/2K.

Alternatively, or especially if all you have is an OEM Recovery CD
for the earlier OS, you can even start the upgrade from within the
current Win98/Me/NT/2K installation, and still elect to perform a
clean installation, to include formatting the drive. In this case,
there's no further request for the qualifying OS's installation CD,
because the installation routing "remembers" that you started from
within the qualifying OS. This process is more time-consuming, but
you get the same results: a clean installation of WinXP.


Bruce Chambers

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