Windows 2000 in-place upgrade

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Article ID	:	292175
Last Review	:	November 1, 2006
Revision	:	5.2

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SUMMARY

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This article describes how to use the Windows 2000 Professional Setup CD-ROM to perform an in-place upgrade over the existing installation, if you have first performed the emergency repair process and the computer still does not operate normally.

MORE INFORMATION

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This procedure is a last resort before reinstalling the operating system. Note that the time required to complete the following procedure is equal to the time that it takes to reinstall the operating system.

To perform an in-place upgrade of Windows 2000, follow these steps:

1.	Insert the Windows 2000 Setup CD into the CD-ROM drive, start the computer, and then press a key to start from the CD-ROM.
2.	On the Windows 2000 Setup screen, press ENTER to run the To set up Windows 2000 now, press Enter command.
3.	Press the F8 key to accept the License Agreement.
4.	Setup should now detect your installation. Note If the Setup program does not detect a previous installation but just continues to the partitioning screen, there is a problem. An in-place upgrade may not be possible.
5.	When you are prompted to repair the existing Windows 2000 installation, press R. Windows 2000 Setup performs an in-place upgrade of the existing installation. Note that you might lose some of your customized settings for the system files.

For more information about the repair processes, click the following article numbers to view the articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

306952 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/306952/) What an in-place Windows 2000 upgrade changes and what it does not change

238359 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/238359/) Differences between manual and fast repair in Windows

816579 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/816579/) How to perform an in-place upgrade of Windows Server 2003

Stop a program from running when Windows starts

* A program can be started automatically at bootup if a shortcut to the program is in your Startup folder (which is inside of your Start Menu folder).
* Older programs might still install themselves in your WIN.INI file (on the same line that starts with “LOAD=”). Use Notepad to edit this file.
* Some drivers can also display errant messages, and are loaded from your Registry (do a search to find them) and in your SYSTEM.INI file (use Notepad to edit this file).
* Also, programs may specified in your Registry, in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\ SOFTWARE\ Microsoft\ Windows\ CurrentVersion\ Run.
* Programs notorious for putting things in these places include backup utilities that automatically load their useless scheduler programs, and the software that comes with older versions of Micrsoft mice and keyboards.

Intended For: Windows Vista, Windows XP, Windows 200x, Windows Me, Windows 9x

Index.dat file – What is Index.dat file?

Index.dat are files hidden on your computer that contain all of the Web sites that you have ever visited.  Every URL, and every Web page is listed there.  Not only that but all of the email that has been sent or received through Outlook or Outlook Express is also being logged.

The file names and locations depend on what version of Internet Explorer you have.  If you are running IE version 4.0 or above, the file name is “index.dat”.   Microsoft has not supplied an adequate explanation as to what these files are for or why they have been hidden so well.

According to Microsoft, these files are used to cache visited Web sites to help speed up the loading of Web pages in Internet Explorer.  Obviously this cannot be the case because when you clear the Temporary Internet Files the “index.dat” files remain behind and continue to grow.  If you delete or clear the Temporary Internet Files, there is absolutely no need to index the URL cache because those files no longer exist.

On a Windows 9x computer these files are located in the following locations:
\WINDOWS\Cookies\index.dat
\WINDOWS\History\index.dat
\WINDOWS\Temporary Internet Files\index.dat
\WINDOWS\Cookies\index.dat
\WINDOWS\History\index.dat
\WINDOWS\Temporary Internet Files\index.dat

In Windows 2000 and Windows XP there are several “index.dat” files in these locations:

\Documents and Settings\<Username>\Cookies\index.dat

\Documents and Settings\<Username>\Local Settings\History\History.IE5\index.dat

\Documents and Settings\<Username>\Local Settings\History\History.IE5\MSHist012001123120020101\index.dat
\Documents and Settings\<Username>\Local
Settings\History\History.IE5\MSHist012002010720020114\index.dat

\Documents and Settings\<Username>\Local Internet Files\Content.IE5\index.dat

Windows Drivers

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Doug W.