[mikebo]

I have been using Win2K for a few years, and recently "inherited" a faster
PC. I simply put the hard disk from the older PC into the new one, and Win2K
did an amazing job installing all the dirvers, and I ended up with a working
system. However, I am now finding little things that don't work anymore (for
example netmeeting). I'd like to upgrade to WinXP, but I am hesitant because
of all the applications and data I have on the PC.
Can I upgrade from Win2K to WinXP Pro without having to reinstall all my
applications again or losing any data?

mike

[Oli Restorick [MVP]]

Hi there

You were lucky that your PC booted after the change. Most people find that
they get a blue-screen on boot.

Anyway, you can do an in-place upgrade to XP Pro, and retain your data and
applications. This assumes you have a retail or upgrade CD. An OEM CD
would not allow you to do an in-place upgrade.

However, if your PC is currently experiencing problems, I wonder whether you
should expect an in-place upgrade to magically sort these things out. It
might, but it might not, so you must take a full backup before you upgrade
and be prepared to wipe your system should things not go well.

Hope this helps

Oli


"mikebo" <mikebo@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:EC875E28-1F9C-40DB-BA7E-0BCCBB1AA39C@microsoft.com...
>I have been using Win2K for a few years, and recently "inherited" a faster
> PC. I simply put the hard disk from the older PC into the new one, and
> Win2K
> did an amazing job installing all the dirvers, and I ended up with a
> working
> system. However, I am now finding little things that don't work anymore
> (for
> example netmeeting). I'd like to upgrade to WinXP, but I am hesitant
> because
> of all the applications and data I have on the PC.
> Can I upgrade from Win2K to WinXP Pro without having to reinstall all my
> applications again or losing any data?
>
> mike

[mikebo]

Thanks.

At what point would I get the option to upgrade? I booted from a REtail XP
Pro CD and only saw Install XP, REpair XP, and Quit. I did not want to select
"install" because I did not want to lose my current setup, so:

1) How do I initiate the setup to update my current version, and
2) At what point in the process does the upgrade option show up?

mike

"Oli Restorick [MVP]" wrote:

> Hi there
>
> You were lucky that your PC booted after the change. Most people find that
> they get a blue-screen on boot.
>
> Anyway, you can do an in-place upgrade to XP Pro, and retain your data and
> applications. This assumes you have a retail or upgrade CD. An OEM CD
> would not allow you to do an in-place upgrade.
>
> However, if your PC is currently experiencing problems, I wonder whether you
> should expect an in-place upgrade to magically sort these things out. It
> might, but it might not, so you must take a full backup before you upgrade
> and be prepared to wipe your system should things not go well.
>
> Hope this helps
>
> Oli
>
>
> "mikebo" <mikebo@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:EC875E28-1F9C-40DB-BA7E-0BCCBB1AA39C@microsoft.com...
> >I have been using Win2K for a few years, and recently "inherited" a faster
> > PC. I simply put the hard disk from the older PC into the new one, and
> > Win2K
> > did an amazing job installing all the dirvers, and I ended up with a
> > working
> > system. However, I am now finding little things that don't work anymore
> > (for
> > example netmeeting). I'd like to upgrade to WinXP, but I am hesitant
> > because
> > of all the applications and data I have on the PC.
> > Can I upgrade from Win2K to WinXP Pro without having to reinstall all my
> > applications again or losing any data?
> >
> > mike
>
>
>