upgrade wndows 2000 pro

[alaabelbeisi]

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

[patio]

What exactly does it say on this XP CD ? ?

[alaabelbeisi]

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


icludes service pack2, v2002

[iamtonsoffun247]

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).

[patio]

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

[alaabelbeisi]

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

[iamtonsoffun247]

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

[alaabelbeisi]

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.

[iamtonsoffun247]

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

[patio]

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...