Name
upgrade
Synopsis
Upgrading Windows NT systems and domains to Windows 2000.
Description
This section focuses primarily on specific issues regarding upgrading
Windows NT member servers, standalone servers, and domain controllers
to Windows 2000 Server. For information about performing new
installations of Windows 2000 Server, and for pre- and
post-installation issues that also apply to upgrading, see install
earlier in this chapter.
Upgrading Versus Installing
Installing
means
putting Windows 2000 Server on a newly formatted partition (or
putting it on a partition having another operating system to create a
multiboot machine). Upgrading means replacing an
earlier operating system (or earlier version of Windows 2000 Server)
with Windows 2000 Server. Installing means that you have to specify
all of the user- and computer-specific settings for your machine,
either by answering prompts during Setup or by using answer files to
perform automated installations. Upgrading means that the existing
user- and computer-specific settings from the previous operating
system are carried over as much as possible to Windows 2000 Server.
Upgrading also means that your existing applications do not need to
be reinstalled and reconfigured, provided of course that these
applications are fully compatible with Windows 2000 Server.
You can upgrade the following operating systems to Windows 2000 Server:
Windows NT 3.51 Server (provided Citrix software is not installed)
Windows NT 4.0 Server
Windows NT 4.0 Server, ...
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