Upgrading Windows 98 to Windows 2000

[kris2002]

Need help. I have Pentium III, 575 MHz, 256 MB SD RAM (that is the max). I want to upgrade my OS to Win 2000. Will I be able to do it on my existing PC? Or do I need to buy new hardware? Will all the peripherals work on Win2000? If not, are patches available to make them work? Any help would be appreciated. I am sick of Windows 98 crashing and badly want to get rid of it. Thanks again

 

[vickero007]

Your system can handle the upgrade fine as long as you have the hard drive space. You'll most definitely need new drivers for a lot of your devices but you could check ahead of time to download them. Your vendor may even have drivers from their support page for your PC.

-Volkoff007

 

[kris2002]

Thank you very much. I will install a new larger hard disk. I will also check out the driver upgrades for the peripherals. Thanks a lot. I appreciate the help Volkoff007.

Kris

 

[shmoes]

don't run off and buy a new hard drive yet, he suggested "as long as you have the hard drive space" how big is your hard drive currently. it's probably more then enough.


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~Shmoes

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[jonhiker]

W2K will require 2GB of free space on your HDD. Get your drivers together. I would first go to

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;131303

to see if your hdwe is on the HCL for W2K. If it all is, then I would recommend Fdisk and format and do a clean install, not use an upgrade.
Good luck!

 

[vickero007]

Definitely don't go buy a hard drive unless you need it. With your system specs I would imagine you have at least a 20GB hard drive. I also know that I have filled up my one 40GB and that's why I put that bit in there.

-Volkoff007

 

[kris2002]

Hi guys, I have a 8.65 GB hard disk. I already have a 80GB hard disk. Although it says IBM 80GB on the outside box, I see that it is a Hitatchi make on the actual drive itself. As per your advice, I will do a clean install. I want to back up the data before I want to do anything with it. Thanks again.