Windows 2000 SP4 to Vista?

Can I upgrade from Windows 2000 Professional SP4 direct to Vista
without reformatting my 300GB main hard disk?

Hello Ian,

Windows 2000 requires a reinstallation.
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/pro...radepaths.mspx

Best regards

Meinolf Weber
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> Can I upgrade from Windows 2000 Professional SP4 direct to Vista
> without reformatting my 300GB main hard disk?
>

On Jan 10, 3:42 pm, Meinolf Weber <meiweb(nospam)@gmx.de> wrote:
> Hello Ian,
>
> Windows 2000 requires a reinstallation.http://www.microsoft.com/windows/pro...buyorupgrade/u...
>
> Best regards
>
> Meinolf Weber
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> no rights.
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> > Can I upgrade from Windows 2000 Professional SP4 direct to Vista
> > without reformatting my 300GB main hard disk?

Hello Meinolf, thank you for your reply. Do you have a link for
upgrading from W2K to XP Professional? From reading other posts about
Vista and its incompatibilities with multimedia, I have decided not to
go the Vista route for another 100 years - then only maybe - but the
most pressing issue is to get all my ducks in a row and all my
computers on the same platform - XP Professional. Can I upgrade from
Windows 2000 SP4 to XP Professional without a C: drive reformat? My C
drive is 300GB!

Thanks.
Ian

Hello Ian,

Normally just put in the XP disk in the running Windows session and it will
gave you the avaiable options.

Best regards

Meinolf Weber
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> On Jan 10, 3:42 pm, Meinolf Weber <meiweb(nospam)@gmx.de> wrote:
>
>> Hello Ian,
>>
>> Windows 2000 requires a
>> reinstallation.http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/windowsvista
>> /buyorupgrade/u...
>>
>> Best regards
>>
>> Meinolf Weber
>> Disclaimer: This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and
>> confers
>> no rights.
>> ** Please do NOT email, only reply to Newsgroups
>> ** HELP us help YOU!!!http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
>>> Can I upgrade from Windows 2000 Professional SP4 direct to Vista
>>> without reformatting my 300GB main hard disk?
>>>
> Hello Meinolf, thank you for your reply. Do you have a link for
> upgrading from W2K to XP Professional? From reading other posts about
> Vista and its incompatibilities with multimedia, I have decided not to
> go the Vista route for another 100 years - then only maybe - but the
> most pressing issue is to get all my ducks in a row and all my
> computers on the same platform - XP Professional. Can I upgrade from
> Windows 2000 SP4 to XP Professional without a C: drive reformat? My C
> drive is 300GB!
>
> Thanks.
> Ian

Please see the following link:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/pro...radepaths.mspx
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"Ian D Samson" <> wrote in message
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> Can I upgrade from Windows 2000 Professional SP4 direct to Vista
> without reformatting my 300GB main hard disk?