Ditching ME for 2000

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Greets,
I'm currently looking at getting rid of the Windows ME os that came bundled
on my Dell Dimension 8100. I would like to install Windows 2000 in it's
place. I understand from my research that the system will handle it quite
well, but apparently there is no migration from ME to 2000, so I'm looking
at a complete wipe of the hard drive and installation of the new os.My
question is, just how much trouble am I letting myself in for? I already
own the 2000 software, and am very familiar with it from my work. Has
anyone here done this sort of 'upgrade'? Any specific issues I should be
aware of? Will this take days, or weeks? If anyone has any input regarding
this, I'd appreciate it.

TIA,
Ray

 

[eb]

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Before you do anything. Check to see if drivers for your: Chipset; Video
Card; Modem; Sound Card; Printer etc. etc are available for Win2000. If they
are, download & save them to a CD. Also check if your Memory sixe satify\ies
the requirements for 2000.(If drivers are available go ahead).
You will need to do a clean install, and re install all your current
programs, so save any files etc. before this.
Hope this helps.

"RayS" <no_chance@all> wrote in message
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> Greets,
> I'm currently looking at getting rid of the Windows ME os that came
bundled
> on my Dell Dimension 8100. I would like to install Windows 2000 in it's
> place. I understand from my research that the system will handle it quite
> well, but apparently there is no migration from ME to 2000, so I'm looking
> at a complete wipe of the hard drive and installation of the new os.My
> question is, just how much trouble am I letting myself in for? I already
> own the 2000 software, and am very familiar with it from my work. Has
> anyone here done this sort of 'upgrade'? Any specific issues I should be
> aware of? Will this take days, or weeks? If anyone has any input
regarding
> this, I'd appreciate it.
>
> TIA,
> Ray
>
>

 

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Having personal experience running Windows 95 (a pain), Windows 98, Windows
98SE, Windows Me, Windows 2000 Pro, Windows 2000 Server, Windows 2000
Advanced Server, Windows XP Home and Windows XP Pro on my Dimension 8100
(and the beta of Windows 2003), I STRONGLY suggest you go to XP Home or XP
Pro on the D8100. It is a supported operating system from Dell and works
flawlessly. 2000 has driver issues with the 8100, XP does not.

Tom
"EB" <ebellety@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
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> Before you do anything. Check to see if drivers for your: Chipset; Video
> Card; Modem; Sound Card; Printer etc. etc are available for Win2000. If
they
> are, download & save them to a CD. Also check if your Memory sixe
satify\ies
> the requirements for 2000.(If drivers are available go ahead).
> You will need to do a clean install, and re install all your current
> programs, so save any files etc. before this.
> Hope this helps.
>
> "RayS" <no_chance@all> wrote in message
> news:10939aokoq872dc@corp.supernews.com...
> > Greets,
> > I'm currently looking at getting rid of the Windows ME os that came
> bundled
> > on my Dell Dimension 8100. I would like to install Windows 2000 in it's
> > place. I understand from my research that the system will handle it
quite
> > well, but apparently there is no migration from ME to 2000, so I'm
looking
> > at a complete wipe of the hard drive and installation of the new os.My
> > question is, just how much trouble am I letting myself in for? I
already
> > own the 2000 software, and am very familiar with it from my work. Has
> > anyone here done this sort of 'upgrade'? Any specific issues I should
be
> > aware of? Will this take days, or weeks? If anyone has any input
> regarding
> > this, I'd appreciate it.
> >
> > TIA,
> > Ray
> >
> >
>
>

 

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"Tom Scales" <tomtoo@softhome.net> wrote in message
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> Having personal experience running Windows 95 (a pain), Windows 98,
Windows
> 98SE, Windows Me, Windows 2000 Pro, Windows 2000 Server, Windows 2000
> Advanced Server, Windows XP Home and Windows XP Pro on my Dimension 8100
> (and the beta of Windows 2003), I STRONGLY suggest you go to XP Home or XP
> Pro on the D8100. It is a supported operating system from Dell and works
> flawlessly. 2000 has driver issues with the 8100, XP does not.
>
> Tom


The OP shouldn't overlook the drivers needed for his "E-Support" button no
matter which OS he goes with (as an aside).

I agree that if the OP has an option to go with XP, he/she should.


Stew

 

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Good point, no NT based OS supports the useless little button. You'll get a
yellow splat, but ignore it.

Tom
"S.Lewis" <stew1960@mail.com> wrote in message
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>
> "Tom Scales" <tomtoo@softhome.net> wrote in message
> news:X62dnXT5QITdMQzd4p2dnA@comcast.com...
> > Having personal experience running Windows 95 (a pain), Windows 98,
> Windows
> > 98SE, Windows Me, Windows 2000 Pro, Windows 2000 Server, Windows 2000
> > Advanced Server, Windows XP Home and Windows XP Pro on my Dimension 8100
> > (and the beta of Windows 2003), I STRONGLY suggest you go to XP Home or
XP
> > Pro on the D8100. It is a supported operating system from Dell and
works
> > flawlessly. 2000 has driver issues with the 8100, XP does not.
> >
> > Tom
>
>
> The OP shouldn't overlook the drivers needed for his "E-Support" button no
> matter which OS he goes with (as an aside).
>
> I agree that if the OP has an option to go with XP, he/she should.
>
>
> Stew
>
>

 

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"RayS" <no_chance@all> wrote in message
news:10939aokoq872dc@corp.supernews.com...
> Greets,
> I'm currently looking at getting rid of the Windows ME os that came
bundled
> on my Dell Dimension 8100. I would like to install Windows 2000 in it's
> place. I understand from my research that the system will handle it quite
> well, but apparently there is no migration from ME to 2000, so I'm looking
> at a complete wipe of the hard drive and installation of the new os.My
> question is, just how much trouble am I letting myself in for? I already
> own the 2000 software, and am very familiar with it from my work. Has
> anyone here done this sort of 'upgrade'? Any specific issues I should be
> aware of? Will this take days, or weeks? If anyone has any input
regarding
> this, I'd appreciate it.
>
> TIA,
> Ray

Frankly Ray, as an experiment I installed WinME on an old Dell I have, then
installed 2k on top of ME, which isn't a supported upgrade path, but
surprisingly it worked. You need to back up your data either way, but once
you do it won't hurt to try an upgrade installation first since if it works
you won't have to reconfigure all your settings and software.