Guest Ian D Samson Posted January 10, 2008 Posted January 10, 2008 This isn't really a Windows 2000 Pro support call, so the engineers can't charge me R249+VAT just to ask a question about Windows XP Professional DSP - whatever DSP means. At the end of March 2008, I will be needing to purchase 2 Windows XP Professional CDs to upgrade firstly my Windows 2000 Professional SP4 computer, and secondly my Windows XP Home computer, so that we are all on the same page. What I need to know is what my software supplier cannot tell me. That is, if I purchase two Windows XP Professional CDs, will I have to reformat the hard drives in both machines? Since Windows 2000 Pro SP4 is already NTFS and Windows XP Home is also NTFS, surely installing XP Professional over 2KProSP4 and XP Home will only update the system files? Since the main drive in my W2K Pro SP4 machine is a 300GB disk, I am very hesitant to have to reformat it just to accommodate some quirk of XP Pro. Advice please.
Guest John John Posted January 10, 2008 Posted January 10, 2008 Re: Windows XP SP2 DSP Ian D Samson wrote: > This isn't really a Windows 2000 Pro support call, so the engineers > can't charge me R249+VAT just to ask a question about Windows XP > Professional DSP - whatever DSP means. > > At the end of March 2008, I will be needing to purchase 2 Windows XP > Professional CDs to upgrade firstly my Windows 2000 Professional SP4 > computer, and secondly my Windows XP Home computer, so that we are all > on the same page. > > What I need to know is what my software supplier cannot tell me. That > is, if I purchase two Windows XP Professional CDs, will I have to > reformat the hard drives in both machines? Since Windows 2000 Pro SP4 > is already NTFS and Windows XP Home is also NTFS, surely installing XP > Professional over 2KProSP4 and XP Home will only update the system > files? Since the main drive in my W2K Pro SP4 machine is a 300GB disk, > I am very hesitant to have to reformat it just to accommodate some > quirk of XP Pro. > > Advice please. No, you won't have to reformat your drives, both of the operating systems that you mention are valid upgrade paths to Windows XP Pro. Secondly, the file system doesn't really matter, the operating systems could be of FAT32 and they could still be upgraded while maintaining their current file systems. John
Guest Colon Terminus Posted January 13, 2008 Posted January 13, 2008 Re: Windows XP SP2 DSP "Ian D Samson" <iansamson3@gmail.com> wrote in message news:7aa5bae0-c1bb-490f-b915-eab046b46d4f@e10g2000prf.googlegroups.com... > This isn't really a Windows 2000 Pro support call, so the engineers > can't charge me R249+VAT just to ask a question about Windows XP > Professional DSP - whatever DSP means. > > At the end of March 2008, I will be needing to purchase 2 Windows XP > Professional CDs to upgrade firstly my Windows 2000 Professional SP4 > computer, and secondly my Windows XP Home computer, so that we are all > on the same page. > > What I need to know is what my software supplier cannot tell me. That > is, if I purchase two Windows XP Professional CDs, will I have to > reformat the hard drives in both machines? Since Windows 2000 Pro SP4 > is already NTFS and Windows XP Home is also NTFS, surely installing XP > Professional over 2KProSP4 and XP Home will only update the system > files? Since the main drive in my W2K Pro SP4 machine is a 300GB disk, > I am very hesitant to have to reformat it just to accommodate some > quirk of XP Pro. > > Advice please. No problem, as long as you purchase an upgrade verson of XP. Immediately after the upgrade on the 300GB disk, be sure to run the BigLBA registry hack. Not doing so WILL result in disk corruption. -- Posted via NewsDemon.com - Premium Uncensored Newsgroup Service ------->>>>>>http://www.NewsDemon.com<<<<<<------ Unlimited Access, Anonymous Accounts, Uncensored Broadband Access
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