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----- Original Message -----
From: "Keith Willshaw" <keith_willshaw@no-spam.compuserve.com>
Newsgroups: uk.comp.os.win95,demon.tech.pc
Sent: Friday, July 19, 2002 9:06 AM
Subject: Re: Upgrading to Win 2K


>
> "Andy Mabbett" <andy@pigsonthewing.org.uk> wrote in message
> news:ch7cIfA6wzN9EwUw@pigsonthewing.org.uk...
> > In the near future, I hope to upgrade this machine from Win 98SE to Win
> > 2k; is there a site or FAQ which will give me an overview of the
> > differences?
> >
>
> Win2k is basically Windows NT5.0 , as such its more stable
> but may not run some older DOS programs , especially
> those which make calls direct to hardware.
>
> http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/techinfo/howitworks/default.asp
>
> > Are there likely to be any software or hardware incompatibility issues,
> > and where might these be documented?

You can look on the cd for hcl.txt. also Pro1.txt. and Pro2.txt

You can run setup just to check for basic compatability issues (only without
installing) using winn32 /checkupgradeonly
> >
>
> No you should be fine but if in doubt take a look at the
> hardware compatibility list
>
> http://www.microsoft.com/hcl/default.asp
> http://www.winnetmag.com/Articles/Index.cfm?ArticleID=8822
>
> > I'd like to install Win 2k on a separate partition - were can I learn
> > about partitioning under that OS?
> > --
>
> You have two choices FAT and NTFS,  FAT32 is
                                                                  ^^^^^^^^^^
> not supported
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Pardon! W2K and above support (recognise Fat32) (NT4 and below didn't/don't)


>
> Personally I'd recommend NOT upgrading on top of WIn 98
> but reformatting the drive and reinstalling fromscratch.
> You'll have much less problem long term that way.

Personally, I'd suggest dual booting to separate partitions would be my
recommendation if you've a program to shrink the existing big partition, if
thats what you've got. (like partition magic)

>
> You may also want to consider going straight to XP
> which is really Windows NT 5.1

That may be a step too far <g>