Shoutbox

Never Ever Upgrade 98 to 2k or XP without formatting EVER!
if you are keen on keeping 2000 (which it doesnt look like) grab all the stuf u wanna keep and burn it to cd (assuming you have a CD burner that is...) or other secure source. Format ya hard disk somehow.

I know if you boot from the xp cd it lets you format before installation, so format using that let it install. You should find your modem works

I had a similar problem, when i stepped up, the modem dialing was screwed. I formatted, Installed and it worked fine