I seem to remember the analysis of old OS to install into the new OS takes ages You know there were only __ applications and utilities installed, and they were named __ The OS has to work out, on a file by file basis what was/is on your system that needs installing into the new OS instance
Couldn't you setup a dual boot system so you can boot to either 98, or 2K and - if the 2K can see the 98 partition then that should ease data movement JimB ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Miller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, September 23, 2005 9:25 PM Subject: Re: Win2K over 98SE > The upgrade route seems to be more trouble than it's worth, at > least for me. I spent the whole night trying to upgrade and the > install kept hanging at the "updating programs and settings" > step. The installer wasn't very informative as to what was going > on. I finally gave up and did a clean install just to see if the > 2k CD was bad or I had a hardware problem. The clean install > went smoothly and I was able to install my chipset drivers and > video driver. I used Ghost to save the install at that point > and reload the 98 image so I can try to save my Pegasus, Agent > and a few other set-ups before going back to 2k. > > It took me weeks to get back to somewhere near what I had when I > did the clean install of 98SE. What a pain! Without Ghost I'd be > really up the creek! > > > Mike, > > > > > -- ---------------------------------------- The WIN-HOME mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html
