steve1952...
"Upgrading from Windows NT 4.0 or 2000 to Windows XP is,
unlike the 9x/Me upgrade, guaranteed to be relatively
painless for most users. This is because Windows XP is
simply the next version of the NT/2000 product family,
and it doesn't represent a major architectural change
from those previous versions. As you probably know,
Windows 2000 was to have been called Windows NT 5.0
before the marketing droids at Microsoft got a hold of
it. Well, on that note, XP is really NT 5.1, a version
number that should conjure up images of a relatively
minor upgrade."
"And it is, especially for Windows 2000 users. This is
because, at its heart, XP is simply Windows 2000 with
a new task-based user interface, improved application
and hardware compatibility, and other small features.
During the development of Windows 2000, Microsoft did
all the hard work of making the NT 4.0 upgrade as
seamless as possible, and this work is carried over for
XP. For 2000 users, the upgrade is even simpler, because
there are relatively few changes under the hood. All in
all, most modern PCs running NT 4.0 or 2000 should be
easily upgradeable to XP."
http://www.winsupersite.com/showcase/windowsxp_sg_2kupgrade.asp
This is from Paul Thurrott's Super Site for Windows,
a net magazine. This particular page has step-by-step
instructions for a painless upgrade from Windows 2000
to Windows XP. His instructions are excellent, and,
having installed Windows XP, I can confidently state
that they are thorough to the point that there's really
nothing which needs to be added.
If you prefer to do a clean install of Windows XP,
the process isn't much harder, and Paul provides the
exact steps on this page:
http://www.winsupersite.com/showcase/windowsxp_sg_clean.asp
A clean install is made simpler by the fact that
Windows XP has a 'Files and Settings Transfer Wizard'
on the XP install CD, which you can use on your older
system, prior to installing XP. This saves all the
settings and files you want to preserve, and restores
them to the XP environment after it's been installed.
And, of course, Paul furnishes step-by-step instructions
on just how to do that, as well:
http://www.winsupersite.com/showcase/windowsxp_sg_fstw.asp
"The author of the SuperSite, Paul Thurrott, is a
recognized Windows expert with over a decade of
experience investigating Microsoft and its products.
Paul is the author of over a dozen books about Windows,
Web and software development, and other computing
topics. His most recent titles are Great Digital Media
with Windows XP and Windows XP Home Networking, and the
co-authored Windows XP Power Toolkit, which was recently
published by Microsoft Press. Paul also maintains a Web
log (blog) called Internet Nexus that focuses on
non-Microsoft technologies."
http://www.winsupersite.com/default.asp
Other pages from the 'Windows XP Installation Super Guide'
are linked from Paul's 'Techonology Showcases' page (just
under the '2001 Showcases' heading, almost halfway down
the page). You may enjoy reading the other articles he
has linked there, such as 'Windows XP Tips', for example.
I understand your concern regarding saving your Outlook
Express folders and email, however, since Windows XP also
comes with the latest version of Outlook Express, the
Transfer Wizard should make short work of this transition.
If you want to be extra-cautious, you can back up your
folders and email by going to C:\Documents and Settings\
YourLogonName\Local Settings\Application Data\Identities\
{a real long CID number}\Microsoft\Outlook Express\
and saving the contents of that folder (should be less than
120MB) to a safe place. You can also save your address book
from here: C:\Documents and Settings\YourLogonName\
Application Data\Microsoft\Address Book\
However, I think you'll find this unnecessary, after the
fact of the installation.
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