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Windows Server Forum / Windows 2000 / Upgrade / July 2008Windows 200 Pro upgrading
If I am running windows 2000 pro can I only upgrade to windows xp pro or can I just upgrade to windows xp? If you want to do an in-place upgrade you will have to upgrade to XP Professional. An in-place upgrade is installing XP over Windows 2000 while keeping your programs, settings and data. If on the other hand you want to format your drive and start from scratch then your Windows 2000 Professional media (CD) would qualify as an upgradable product. John > If I am running windows 2000 pro can I only upgrade to windows xp pro or can > I just upgrade to windows xp? Sorry, last sentence should read: If on the other hand you want to format your drive and start from scratch then your Windows 2000 Professional media (CD) would qualify as an upgradable product for either XP Home or XP Pro. John > If you want to do an in-place upgrade you will have to upgrade to XP > Professional. An in-place upgrade is installing XP over Windows 2000 [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] >> If I am running windows 2000 pro can I only upgrade to windows xp pro >> or can I just upgrade to windows xp? The only upgrade path for Windows 2000 to Windows XP is Pro http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;q292607  SignatureRegards, Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup. Microsoft Certified Professional Microsoft MVP [Windows] http://www.microsoft.com/protect | Sorry, last sentence should read: | [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] | >> If I am running windows 2000 pro can I only upgrade to windows xp pro | >> or can I just upgrade to windows xp? If you install on a formated hard drive XP Home upgrade will accept an NT4 or Windows 2000 CD as valid proof of ownership and clean install. I just installed one less than a week ago for a friend and XP Home Upgrade accepted NT4 CD. John > The only upgrade path for Windows 2000 to Windows XP is Pro > > http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;q292607 Thanks for the correction. That's interesting. It should not have worked. SignatureRegards, Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup. Microsoft Certified Professional Microsoft MVP [Windows] http://www.microsoft.com/protect | If you install on a formated hard drive XP Home upgrade will accept an | NT4 or Windows 2000 CD as valid proof of ownership and clean install. I | just installed one less than a week ago for a friend and XP Home Upgrade | accepted NT4 CD. | | John I know. I was surprised to see it accept the CD. I had told my friend seconds earlier that we were probably going to need a W98 CD to install but it took the bait. He had an IBM with Windoows 2000 on a service partition but his hard drive failed utterly and he was force to buy an operating system to put on a new drive, IBM would not provide a replacement OS because the pc is out of waranty. John > Thanks for the correction. That's interesting. It should not have worked. I have WINPro2000 loaded. I <thought> I was buying an upgrade to XP 2000 Home. You guessed it - another Ebay loser. Anyway,a unless I partition my hard drive, it will not upgrade - it is also OEM which I deliberately tried to avoid but the seller conveniently ommitted. I'm trying to avoid cleaning off my hard drive and having to re-load all my software and restore backups etc. Any suggestions? Thanx............... > Thanks for the correction. That's interesting. It should not have worked. > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > | > | John You don't have much choice, unless you get an XP Pro retail or upgrade version you will have to format and clean install or install on a different partition. For starters OEM versions cannot do upgrades and secondly Windows 2000 cannot be upgraded to XP Home, it can only be upgraded to XP Pro. John > I have WINPro2000 loaded. I <thought> I was buying an upgrade to XP 2000 > Home. You guessed it - another Ebay loser. Anyway,a unless I partition [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] >>| >>| John John, I am trying to upgrade Windows 2000 Pro to Windows XP. I have the cd rom for upgrade but its Windows XP home edition and everytime I try to upgrade, it won't let me, says OS does not support, can't locate path, etc. So I don't have to spend a lot more money, can you please tell me what to do to upgrade my system? Please keep it simple--I'm still learning about computers. Thanks. > If you want to do an in-place upgrade you will have to upgrade to XP > Professional. An in-place upgrade is installing XP over Windows 2000 [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > If I am running windows 2000 pro can I only upgrade to windows xp pro or can > > I just upgrade to windows xp? As you have already found out and read in the other posts, Windows 2000 cannot be upgraded to XP Home, if you want to upgrade it to XP you have to upgrade it to XP Pro. If you have bought the upgrade cd from a reputable source you can explain the problem and ask for return privileges against a XP Pro upgrade version. Otherwise you will have to do a clean install of XP Home, that means of course that you will loose all your files and programs when you do the installation. Back up all your files and then boot the computer with the upgrade cd and follow the on screen instructions. John > John, I am trying to upgrade Windows 2000 Pro to Windows XP. I have the cd > rom for upgrade but its Windows XP home edition and everytime I try to [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] >>>If I am running windows 2000 pro can I only upgrade to windows xp pro or can >>>I just upgrade to windows xp? |
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