Will XP Full Retail upgrade w2k-pro-oem?

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Hi All,

I have a customer with Windows 2000 Pro OEM SP2.

I have found someone selling the full, retail
XP Pro Sp2. Will this do an upgrade (not a wipe)
of w2k-pro-sp2-oem?

Many thanks,
-T
 
Todd said:
Hi All,

I have a customer with Windows 2000 Pro OEM SP2.

I have found someone selling the full, retail
XP Pro Sp2. Will this do an upgrade (not a wipe)
of w2k-pro-sp2-oem?

Many thanks,
-T
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Of course. They ar both NT.
 
Of course. They ar both NT.
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Thank you.

I was thinking of the "full" version in case we could not
find (ha ha) the original W2k disk.

Just to re-affirm, the "Full" version will also perform
an upgrade? It does not have to be an "upgrade" version?

Many thanks,
-T
 
Todd said:
Thank you.

I was thinking of the "full" version in case we could not
find (ha ha) the original W2k disk.

Just to re-affirm, the "Full" version will also perform
an upgrade? It does not have to be an "upgrade" version?

Many thanks,
-T
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That is correct.
 
Retail version will not upgrade an OEM version

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Peter Foldes said:
Retail version will not upgrade an OEM version
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Peter I tell them that the OEM version is on the Hard Drive,
and that he need to copy it to a CD...


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Peter Foldes said:
Retail version will not upgrade an OEM version
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That's backwards, isn't it? An OEM disk won't upgrade anything, but a
retail version will upgrade any eligible system, whether the original
is retail, OEM, whatever.
 
Thank you.

I was thinking of the "full" version in case we could not
find (ha ha) the original W2k disk.

Just to re-affirm, the "Full" version will also perform
an upgrade? It does not have to be an "upgrade" version?

Many thanks,
-T
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Frankly, upgrading from 98, I found the whole thing incredibly and
needlessley confusing, with no insturctions to clarify things.

IIRC, I was confused because it's possible to boot from the XP install
disk, and it's also possible to run the XP install disk when 98 (or
2000) is running. IIRC, I tried the latter*** first, and it made no
reference to the former, but it hinted** that if I continued it would
delete everything that wa already there. Still, it offered no method
for overlyaing the OS on top of my existing data.. I had to post
here, several years ago with a different userid at the time, to find
out how to make it work.

***Maybe I tried the first method first. Can't recall.
**Maybe it didnt' just hint, maybe it actually said, in non-clear
words, that it would delete everything, but I had trouble believing it
since it offered no method to install without wiping. Its other two
choices were to find another partition or to just cancel.

Thie method of installation might be something that was so obvious to
them that they didnt' say anything. Or maybe they had two teams, one
working onf overlay installs and one which worked on fresh instialls.

Your concern may be based on reports you heard from someone like me
twho siddn't stop to ask here.
 
Thank you.

I was thinking of the "full" version in case we could not
find (ha ha) the original W2k disk.

Just to re-affirm, the "Full" version will also perform
an upgrade? It does not have to be an "upgrade" version?

Many thanks,
-T
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And if you would include an email address, I woudl send you a copy of
this. People should have more than one email address, one they can
throw away if it gets too clogged with spam.
 
micky said:
Frankly, upgrading from 98, I found the whole thing incredibly and
needlessley confusing, with no insturctions to clarify things.

IIRC, I was confused because it's possible to boot from the XP install
disk, and it's also possible to run the XP install disk when 98 (or
2000) is running. IIRC, I tried the latter*** first, and it made no
reference to the former, but it hinted** that if I continued it would
delete everything that wa already there. Still, it offered no method
for overlyaing the OS on top of my existing data.. I had to post
here, several years ago with a different userid at the time, to find
out how to make it work.

***Maybe I tried the first method first. Can't recall.
**Maybe it didnt' just hint, maybe it actually said, in non-clear
words, that it would delete everything, but I had trouble believing it
since it offered no method to install without wiping. Its other two
choices were to find another partition or to just cancel.

Thie method of installation might be something that was so obvious to
them that they didnt' say anything. Or maybe they had two teams, one
working onf overlay installs and one which worked on fresh instialls.

Your concern may be based on reports you heard from someone like me
twho siddn't stop to ask here.
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XP install disk when 98 is running, install XP as a 32 format
to be able keep your My Documents and your Program Files
it will delete everything that is windows 98 software...

Choices another partition make it a 32 Fat, not go with a NTFS,
For your Windows 98 is at partition 32 Fat
it will put a working Windows 98 on C: and a working XP on D:

But you and the run

#1 need to know how big is your Hard Drive,
and the Free Space you have on it,
So we will know if you need to move 98,
to a bigger Hard Drive,
and I have more Info to give on this..

#2 the Name and model of your Computer..
So we can help you get the drives for XP,

and if XP will not go the way you hope,
you will always have a good working 98...

(e-mail address removed)
 
And if you would include an email address, I woudl send you a copy of
this. People should have more than one email address, one they can
throw away if it gets too clogged with spam.
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Hi Chris,

What is "this"? Can you point me to a URL?

-T
 
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