Installing 2000 professional

[jimsav]

Hi All.
I have built a few PCs for friends recently , using W98, ME or XP. However, one of them wants me to install W2000 professional, as he is on an animation course that uses certain software that will only work with W2000. He has currently got Win ME op system.

Can i load W2000 over his Win ME or will i have to format and do a clean install.

Thanks

Jim

 

[beerhunter2]

You can load Win2k over WinME, but it's not the recommended procedure. There is usually a lot of residual crap left behind that will come up to bite you.
Backup all important info first, then format, and do a clean install of Win2k.

 

[wolluf]

Also - there's not an official upgrade from ME to 2k (ME was released after 2k).

 

[irzyxel]

you can isntall 2k BESIDE ME on a seperate drive/partition ...
make sure its ntfs, then me cant mess with it

 

[Jaqqo]

Trust me....

Take off ME - Reformat (in fact do a low-level and write the disk to zeroes), throw ME in the bin (and set fire to the bin)

Do a clean install of 2k without even a shred of ME to be seen anywhere.

(oh, and put the fire out in the bin)