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| 593057 | 2007-09-20 00:10:00 | Currently running W98SE, but we are having problems with it. I have been given a CD from work, complete with product key, where the OS has been uninstalled from a computer that was dumped. The CD is for W2K. What do I have to do to install W2K? I assume that I just put the disk into the drive and it is all automatic? Do I need to find drivers for everything or does the install have generic keyboard/screen/modem/mouse/CD ROM/video/sound drivers? I know that I will need new drivers for my 1GB USB stick. The person who built the computer for me put all the W98SE files onto the hard drive in their own folder - would it be better to reinstall from those files and leave W2K alone? Any other helpful comments would be much appreciated. Running 1.3 gig AMD duron, 20GB HDD FAT32 format, 256 MB DDR RAM (224 usable) Many thanks |
Chris Randal (521) | ||
| 593058 | 2007-09-20 00:22:00 | Go into the BIOS and change it to cd, then put the 2k CD in, and save settings, it'll boot from the CD. Then once it gets to the setup screen, format the hdd, this will delete the 98 stuff as well. The 2k install will install default drivers for the mouse / keyboard / cd / monitor / video. You'll have to find out what the brand/model of the motherboard is. To get drivers for the modem (find out what the brand /model of the modem is), / sound / LAN / video whatever else is on the mobo. You'll also have to install SP4 for USB 2 to work. If it has USB 2 ports. (Maybe not since 98 is on it). Up to you whether you want to reinstall 98..BUT, it'd be better if you had the 98 / 98 SE cd to do this, so you can do a clean install. |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 593059 | 2007-09-20 00:50:00 | I know that I will need new drivers for my 1GB USB stick. no you wont win2k will automatically sort that out for you..... as for speedys suggestion of formatting the drive it's unnecessary and will end up with you haveing to find drivers etc and reinstalling all your apps etc..... if you start the pc and stuff the cd in when it's in windows it should autorun and give you the option of an upgrade install which will leave everything in place yet change the system to win2000 see this pic: images.trademe.co.nz |
drcspy (146) | ||
| 593060 | 2007-09-20 00:52:00 | Go into the BIOS and change it to cd, then put the 2k CD in, and save settings, it'll boot from the CD.Just to make it a bit clearer for Chris - when booting the computer, hold the Del key and you'll get into the BIOS settings. Browse around and find the boot preferences, eg which device the computer will look at first to boot from. Change it to boot from CD first. | Greg (193) | ||
| 593061 | 2007-09-20 01:05:00 | Currently running W98SE, but we are having problems with it. I have been given a CD from work, complete with product key, where the OS has been uninstalled from a computer that was dumped. The CD is for W2K. So fix it. Changing O/S does not automatically fix computer problems. |
pctek (84) | ||
| 593062 | 2007-09-20 01:10:00 | If it's a software problem then a clean installation of any OS should eliminate most issues (unless the issue is due to missing drivers etc). | Nermal (7077) | ||
| 593063 | 2007-09-20 22:00:00 | as for speedys suggestion of formatting the drive it's unnecessary and will end up with you haveing to find drivers etc and reinstalling all your apps etc..... I would not recommend anyone upgrade a MS OS from one version to another, ever. This will likely cause more problems with any old OS/driver/app components on the system. You're much better to do a clean install - ie. format the drive that has the old OS - and start from scratch. If you have a 2nd partition for data etc, make sure you copy any files/emails/whatever to that partition or to someother device such as USB stick before you start. Also, if you can, slipstream SP4 into a new bootable disk as it will save a lot of time. Instructions here (old.bink.nu). Win2K will run ok on that PC, but more RAM would be usefull. |
autechre (266) | ||
| 593064 | 2007-09-20 23:48:00 | i'm well aware of the possibilities of problems but I'd like to state that these are not necessarily probabilities and theres a considerable difference.....i've upgraded plenty of systems and the incidence of problems has been small compared to the success rate.......it's definitely a LOT easier to upgrade rather than fiddle around saving all your data/emails/addy book/favorites/documents and other stuff and then reinstating them and having to reinstall all your apps etc that can be pretty time consuming.....in the event that an upgrade has some problems then the user can surely do the other process but why not try the upgrade FIRST after all it's only gonna take an hour or so at most......... | drcspy (146) | ||
| 593065 | 2007-09-24 22:07:00 | Thanks everybody. One of the problems I have is an ActiveX issue on IE6, another is "ACPI layer missing", even though all the files are actually there. My thinking was that if I do a clean load, I'll fix that issue if don't run the security patch that created the IE issue. It will also fix (I hope) the ACPI issue. If I do an upgrade, won't those issues still exist? |
Chris Randal (521) | ||
| 593066 | 2007-09-24 22:19:00 | Windows 98SE is one of the most reliable of Microsoft operating systems. Windows 2000 needs more resources, and the installation depends on whether it is an OEM or an Upgrade rendition. The scenario is not clear, and contributors have each touched on possible aspects. I would try for a cleanup first. |
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