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Title: Windows 2000 Clean install using upgrade disc...
Post by: ditoa on September 06, 2001, 05:37:50 PM

how do i do a clean install of Windows 2000 using an upgrade disc without having a Windows 98 disc to validate my upgrade? my system had Windows 98 on it when i bought the computer and i have reformatted to clean install 2000 as i have been told it is better as my system is old and the hard drive is full of crap i dont need. can someone tell me how i make the setup by-pass the bit where it asks for a windows 98 disc? i have lost mine as i never needed it and probably through it away ages ago! /sad.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':(\' />

Title: Windows 2000 Clean install using upgrade disc...
Post by: wizard2010 on September 06, 2001, 05:55:51 PM

I havnt tryed with win2k but when i used to install 98 this is what i done /smile.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':)\' />

I would put an old DOS disk in Disk 1
And that was enough to start installing /smile.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':)\' />
Dos disk from the old win 3.1 Days ????

You could even try borrowing a friends win 98 CDROM and put that in the drive ready as it checks for other versions...
Need 2 cdrom drives ???

Apart from that mate i would alos be interested in a
newer way to get around this issue??
Not sure if a Boot disk would qualify as a checking disk??

Hope this helps a bit and its not a lost cause /smile.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':)\' />

I ws new to win 2k and recently installed / tryed to install it from windows /sad.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':(\' /> it didnt work....
So the way around this was to create Win2k Boot Disks
which = 4 floppy\'s so using the boot disks it went straight in to setup mode...

My win 2k wasnt from a shop ?????

Just zeros & ones ???

Title: Windows 2000 Clean install using upgrade disc...
Post by: Josetann on September 06, 2001, 08:28:30 PM

Try the info here:  http://www.thetechguide.com/howto/setuppini.html (http://\"http://www.thetechguide.com/howto/setuppini.html\").  It\'s not guaranteed 100% accurate, but if you try the retail or volume Pid\'s, it might work.