Upgrading Me

luish · November 10th, 2002

I Have Xp Sp1 (drive d

and Win Me (drive c

i want to know if it possible to upgrade Me to 2000 ?

November 10th, 2002

well you should just boot to ME, insert 2000 cd and just upgrade it. i think that should work just fine.

November 10th, 2002

i think it possible just not the other way round. but anyway xp is the same as 2000 except eye candy id personally leave just xp on there unless its vital u need it

November 10th, 2002

Upgrading from a dos based OS to an NT based OS is rarely a good idea. Much better off with a fresh install.

**perris** · November 10th, 2002

if ypu can't do a clean install, just uninstall norton av especially, but any av, and then you should be fine.

the av's are usally what causes the issue on any upgrade problems.

always best to clean install, but if it's impossible, uninstall any av's

**yoyo** · November 10th, 2002

I have no personal experience in doing this, but I always heard that installing Windows 2000 or any other older Windows OS after XP will damage the bootsector and will prevent XP from starting. Does this not apply if ME is already installed?

link: How do I install Windows 2000 after I've installed XP?

November 10th, 2002

Well the issue is that MS designs their OS's so that older ones will see there is a newer version and won't install after the newer version. Older OS's need to be installed first, and dos based OS's need to be install first in the root of the boot drive. Of course, third party utilities such as Partition Magic (actually Boot Magic) provide a way around this.

In this case, however, the DOS OS is already installed in C: root so I believe he can perform the upgrade. It's an excellent question though yoyo.

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luish OSNN Senior Addict Joined: December 2001 Location: Israel Posts: 429 Reputation: 30 Power: 132	Upgrading Me I Have Xp Sp1 (drive d and Win Me (drive c i want to know if it possible to upgrade Me to 2000 ? (1) Asus P4S800D, Pentium 4 2.8 HT, 1 GB DDR 400 Ram, ATI Radeon 9700 PRO , XP Home SP2 incuding all updates, ADSL 2000/200 (2) LG Laptop, F1 Pro Express Dual.

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perris OSNN Godlike Veteran Joined: January 2002 Location: new york Posts: 12,258 Reputation: 4333 Power: 291	if ypu can't do a clean install, just uninstall norton av especially, but any av, and then you should be fine. the av's are usally what causes the issue on any upgrade problems. always best to clean install, but if it's impossible, uninstall any av's IT'S NOT WHAT YOU'VE DONE IT'S WHAT YOU ARE GOING TO DO

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November 10th, 2002	Top \| #2
mafiafromrussia Unregistered Posts: n/a	well you should just boot to ME, insert 2000 cd and just upgrade it. i think that should work just fine.

November 10th, 2002	Top \| #3
XP Abuser Unregistered Posts: n/a	i think it possible just not the other way round. but anyway xp is the same as 2000 except eye candy id personally leave just xp on there unless its vital u need it

November 10th, 2002	Top \| #4
allan Unregistered Posts: n/a	Upgrading from a dos based OS to an NT based OS is rarely a good idea. Much better off with a fresh install.

November 10th, 2002	Top \| #6
yoyo _________________ Joined: July 2002 Posts: 1,557 Reputation: 160 Power: 136	I have no personal experience in doing this, but I always heard that installing Windows 2000 or any other older Windows OS after XP will damage the bootsector and will prevent XP from starting. Does this not apply if ME is already installed? link: How do I install Windows 2000 after I've installed XP?

November 10th, 2002	Top \| #7
allan Unregistered Posts: n/a	Well the issue is that MS designs their OS's so that older ones will see there is a newer version and won't install after the newer version. Older OS's need to be installed first, and dos based OS's need to be install first in the root of the boot drive. Of course, third party utilities such as Partition Magic (actually Boot Magic) provide a way around this. In this case, however, the DOS OS is already installed in C: root so I believe he can perform the upgrade. It's an excellent question though yoyo.