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Pragma · 09-06-2003, 01:37 PM

From my official experience as a system administrator, I've run into a lot of problems that were caused by the fact that the user in question upgraded from 9x/ME to 2k/XP through the "upgrade" process rather than a clean install of Windows.

I personally would not recommend upgrading a current version of Windows to a new one -- but that's me. If you want to, best of luck. I'd say that you're much better off, in terms of eliminating future problems, by just starting from scratch.

Sure, you might be lucky and have no problems -- but you might also get a lot of problems and end up having to reinstall down the line. Better to do so when you want, not when Windows blows up.

09-06-2003, 01:37 PM	#8 (permalink)
Pragma I am Winter Born Location: Alexandria, VA	From my official experience as a system administrator, I've run into a lot of problems that were caused by the fact that the user in question upgraded from 9x/ME to 2k/XP through the "upgrade" process rather than a clean install of Windows. I personally would not recommend upgrading a current version of Windows to a new one -- but that's me. If you want to, best of luck. I'd say that you're much better off, in terms of eliminating future problems, by just starting from scratch. Sure, you might be lucky and have no problems -- but you might also get a lot of problems and end up having to reinstall down the line. Better to do so when you want, not when Windows blows up. __________________ Eat antimatter, Posleen-boy!