Upgrade from Window 98 to 2000 Pro problem

[outonalimb]

I am trying to upgrade a laptop from Windows 98 SE to Windows 2000 Pro. The laptop contains lots of apps that we can't find the CD's for so I cannot wipe the computer and start from scratch.

However, when I start the upgrade process from the CD, it gets so far and crashes with a kernal error at the point when it has just about completed the upgrade compatibility check.

Much as I can appreciate the usefulness of the upgrade compatibility check, is it possible to forge ahead with the upgrade without performing this check? It is both time consuming and crashes the laptop and is preventing me upgrading the machine.

If anyone has any ideas or a way around my problem then I would be grateful.

Regards

 

[electronicsfreak]

Ive had problems on older machines upgrading , certain ones it seems cant handle it which im guessing is the bios stopping it. My moms old acer is like that, my advice is see if you can find the newest version of the bios and flash it. If your not sure how though leave it alone. Also what are your system specs?

Make sure you have the minimum system requirments as listed below

http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/professional/evaluation/sysreqs/default.asp

 

[outonalimb]

Thanks for the reply. The laptop is up to spec. 128Mb RAM, PIII processor. The BIOS is the latest released for the model.

 

[electronicsfreak]

Well dont know of a way around it then. Like I said I had the same problem on my mothers acer as it was windows 98 first edition. Windows 98 second edition will install fine of course but anything above will not. Never tried millenium nor will I ever , do not like that os. However windows 2000 will not work when I try. So Ive yet to figure out a way around it.

 

[wolluf]

Why are you bothering upgrading - if the apps run ok in 98? (isn't that just making work for yourself)

If you think you need to do this, do you know if the apps will just 'run' (eg, copy their program folders to another 2k machine and try running them. If you get missing dlls/other system files, copy the dlls/system files too and continue. Some apps will then just run - others won't because of registry issues). If they will, you could try a clean install (and just copy the apps/dlls backs - but it may well fail for same reasons upgrade is).

 

[prdemon]

http://www.duxcw.com/faq/win/win2kfullup.htm

dont know if this will help.