Install Win2000 Pro Over Nt4.0-good or bad?
To start the upgrade insert the Windows 2000 CD-Rom. You'll be much better
off blowing it away and starting a new install. I wouldn't install to less
than a 5 gB partition (or larger if you have the space.)
To do a clean install, either boot the Windows 2000 CD-Rom or setup disks.
The set of four install disks can be created from your Win2k CD-rom; change
to the \bootdisk directory on the cd-rom and execute makeboot.exe (from dos)
or makebt32.exe (from 32 bit) and follow the prompts.
When you get to the point, delete the existing NTFS and or other partitions
found. After you delete the partition(s) abort the install, then again
restart the pc booting the CD-Rom or setup disks to avoid unexpected drive
letter assignments with your new install.
Depending on the drive controller (possibly SCSI, or ultra DMA, or ATA100,
or SATA, or raid), you may need to boot the Windows 2000 setup disks or
CD-Rom and *F6* very early and very important (at setup is inspecting your
system) in the setup to prevent drive controller detection, and select S to
specify additional drivers. Then later you'll be prompted to insert the
manufacturer supplied Windows 2000 driver for your drive's controller in
drive "A"
If you wait and then S to specify additional drivers, then it may be too
late as Windows 2000 Setup at this point may have already assigned the
resources your drive's controller is wanting to use.
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Regards,
Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft MVP [Windows NT/2000 Operating Systems]
apps from scratch (yikes!)? If so, are ther any KB articles that cover this
procedure? At long last, to my chagrin, I find I'm forced to make the
migration, mostly becaue MS is no longer supporting NT4.0, so no one is
writing current software for it.
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