Setup hangs during final tasks

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During the final phase of setup it hangs at "Upgrading
program and system settings"...I've tried three times even
letting in run overnight with the same results. BTW this
is on a Compaq Presario 17XL PIII 700Mhz that was
previously running Win ME. Any Ideas???

Thanks!
 
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There is no supported upgrade path from WinME to Windows 2000

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"Matt" wrote:
| During the final phase of setup it hangs at "Upgrading
| program and system settings"...I've tried three times even
| letting in run overnight with the same results. BTW this
| is on a Compaq Presario 17XL PIII 700Mhz that was
| previously running Win ME. Any Ideas???
|
| Thanks!
 
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You sure ?
It's worked fine for me many times - even lets you create a dual-boot system
if you like.
It's going the other way htat's the problem, I think.
Kevin.

Dave Patrick <mail@NoSpam.DSPatrick.com> wrote:
| There is no supported upgrade path from WinME to Windows 2000
|
| "Matt" wrote:
|| During the final phase of setup it hangs at "Upgrading
|| program and system settings"...I've tried three times even
|| letting in run overnight with the same results. BTW this
|| is on a Compaq Presario 17XL PIII 700Mhz that was
|| previously running Win ME. Any Ideas???
||
|| Thanks!
 
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Guest

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Yes, I'm sure. Dual-boot and upgrade are not the same thing. Also this
article may help you.

Windows Me to Windows 2000 Upgrade Is Not Supported
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=272627


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Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
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"Kevin Lawton" wrote:
| You sure ?
| It's worked fine for me many times - even lets you create a dual-boot
system
| if you like.
| It's going the other way htat's the problem, I think.
| Kevin.
 
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Guest

Guest
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Thanks for the link - of course that upgrade path isn't supported by
Microsoft because Win2K came out before WinMe. We couldn't expect Microsoft
to anticipate by a few months, could we ?
The interesting thing is that it does work - well everytime I've tried it,
anyway, which is quite a lot of times. A little wastefull of disk space,
though, as quite a lot of redundant files just get left lying around instead
of being overwritten or deleted.
Probably more usefull to put them together as a dual-boot configuration,
anyway.
Kevin.

Dave Patrick <mail@NoSpam.DSPatrick.com> wrote:
| Yes, I'm sure. Dual-boot and upgrade are not the same thing. Also this
| article may help you.
|
| Windows Me to Windows 2000 Upgrade Is Not Supported
| http://support.microsoft.com/?id=272627
|
| "Kevin Lawton" wrote:
|| You sure ?
|| It's worked fine for me many times - even lets you create a
|| dual-boot system if you like.
|| It's going the other way htat's the problem, I think.
|| Kevin.
 
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Guest

Guest
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Yep, never said it doesn't work. It is the source of quite a bit of
operating system corruption for many people.

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Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect


"Kevin Lawton" wrote:
| Thanks for the link - of course that upgrade path isn't supported by
| Microsoft because Win2K came out before WinMe. We couldn't expect
Microsoft
| to anticipate by a few months, could we ?
| The interesting thing is that it does work - well everytime I've tried it,
| anyway, which is quite a lot of times. A little wastefull of disk space,
| though, as quite a lot of redundant files just get left lying around
instead
| of being overwritten or deleted.
| Probably more usefull to put them together as a dual-boot configuration,
| anyway.
| Kevin.