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2K reboots itself after upgrade from W98
Name: sameer Date: July 19, 2002 at 14:00:47 Pacific
Comment:
I have just upgraded my system from win 98 to win 2000. The machine just reboots itself after a few minutes. Please help !!
Name: Bill Wamble Date: July 19, 2002 at 18:07:08 Pacific
Reply:
Hi,
For all I know an upgraded system from 98 to 2000 or to ME can only lead to disaster. T'would've been safer to save your data on a partition and clean install Win2K. I'd say:save all you can and format.
Bill
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Response Number 2
Name: Rich Date: July 20, 2002 at 09:18:44 Pacific
Reply:
I agree. The windows 2000 upgrade is really buggy. Before you reformat try to get service pack 2 from the microsoft web site and any recent patches. If it still wont work then just reformat and use the full install.
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