upgrade wndows 2000 pro

Hi,
can i upgrade windows 2000 pro (SP4) to windows XP pro (SP2)!??
i tried to upgraded but it didn't work! message appears that you cannot upgrade from windows 2000 to windows xp pro.
is there something i need to do before upgrading or what!?

thanks

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What exactly does it say on this XP CD ? ?

it says: For distribustion with a new pc Only, for product support contact the manufacturer of your pc,


icludes service pack2, v2002

Is it a ful version? Defenitely sounds like an OEM. Does it say anywere a certain brand computer it was for? Or if its JUST the service pack?(Not sure if this exists, I just know I have a disk that says windows 2000 on it, but its just the service pack).

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That CD will only install to the brand of machine it shipped with...sorry.

That CD will only install to the brand of machine it shipped with...sorry.

i've bought the CD from the market not with PC, i already tried several windows xp original cds but all didn't work

thanks

What are the specs of your computer?  Maybe they dont meet the system requirements for windows xp.

What are the specs of your computer?  Maybe they dont meet the system requirements for windows xp.

i belive it does meet the system requirements, it is p4. 2.4 GHz, 1 GB ram DDR1 and 40 gb HDD.

i've bought the CD from the market not with PC, i already tried several windows xp original cds but all didn't work

thanks

What "market" did you purchase it from?  Like a retailer like best buy or on the internet from ebay or something of that nature?  Do you have certain files/programs that you need to keep? I usually like to do a clean install, but if you cannot, hopefully we can figure out how to get this to work

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Sorry to say but all these CD's sound "dodgy" to me...
There is a direct upgrade path from Win2K to XP according to Microsoft and i've done it dozens of times myself with zero issues...