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Re: Windows NT 4.0 upgrade with SmartStart

 
Richard Kelleher
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‎09-17-2003 09:50 AM

‎09-17-2003 09:50 AM

Windows NT 4.0 upgrade with SmartStart

I have SmartStart 3.10B which was used to install NT 3.51 on the server. I also have a purchased upgrade from Microsoft for NT 4.0. When attempting to install on a blank (formatted) server it requests the media for the previous version of NT Server. The SmartStart disks do not work for this. Any ideas?

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Richard Kelleher
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Chris Moran
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‎10-04-2003 11:06 AM

‎10-04-2003 11:06 AM

Re: Windows NT 4.0 upgrade with SmartStart

Hi Richard,

There's no easy way (I know of) around this. Upgrade media is designed to upgrade an existing installation. It checks to see if a valid earlier OS is on the machine. If it can't find one, you need to load the media when asked.

From memory, any previous version of Windows NT will suffice. Was there one for the 3.51 installation?
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