XP back to Win2000 Pro

[Victor]

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.win2000.setup (More info?)

I'm trying to to help a friend uninstall XP on her
computer and put Windows 2000 Pro back on it. When I try
to run the setup from the Windows 2000 Pro disk I get a
pop up that since she has a newer version of Windows on
the computer setup for Windows 2000 Pro is disabled. Is
there a way to get around this? Her computer is to slow
for XP.

Thanks

 

[Guest]

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.win2000.setup (More info?)

There is no uninstall or downgrade option. To do a clean install, either
boot the Windows 2000 install CD-Rom or setup disks. The set of four install
disks can be created from your Windows 2000 CD-Rom; change to the \bootdisk
directory on the CD-Rom and execute makeboot.exe (from dos) or makebt32.exe
(from 32 bit) and follow the prompts.

When you get to the point, delete the existing NTFS and or other partitions
found. After you delete the partition(s) abort the install, then again
restart the pc booting the CD-Rom or setup disks to avoid unexpected drive
letter assignments with your new install.

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"Victor" wrote:
| I'm trying to to help a friend uninstall XP on her
| computer and put Windows 2000 Pro back on it. When I try
| to run the setup from the Windows 2000 Pro disk I get a
| pop up that since she has a newer version of Windows on
| the computer setup for Windows 2000 Pro is disabled. Is
| there a way to get around this? Her computer is to slow
| for XP.
|
| Thanks

 

[Guest]

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.win2000.setup (More info?)

Victor
Make yourself a boot disk, a windowsMe one will be fine, look for BootMe.exe
and it will create one for you. You'll need this for the next reboot.
Copy this lot into notepad.

sys c:
attrib -h -r -s boot.ini
del boot.ini
attrib -h -r -s bootsect.dos
del bootsect.dos
attrib -h -r -s ntldr
del ntldr
attrib -h -r -s ntdetect.com
del ntdetect.com
attrib -h -r -s bootdd.sys
del bootdd.sys

save the file as XPgo.bat (yep it's a batch file)
reboot with your bootdisk in the floppy drive, you won't need the CD drive
unless it's a boot CDyou have!?
at the A:\ promt
type c:\Xpgo
stick the windows2000 disk in the CD drive
you can now reboot and install.
Hope that helps you out.

C.A

"Victor" <sigmachi1012@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:14dd01c42677$add9eac0$a301280a@phx.gbl...
> I'm trying to to help a friend uninstall XP on her
> computer and put Windows 2000 Pro back on it. When I try
> to run the setup from the Windows 2000 Pro disk I get a
> pop up that since she has a newer version of Windows on
> the computer setup for Windows 2000 Pro is disabled. Is
> there a way to get around this? Her computer is to slow
> for XP.
>
> Thanks

 

[Guest]

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.win2000.setup (More info?)

You can't do a 'downgrade' install by putting the CD in while running
windows. You can only do a clean install by booting from the windows CD or
boot floppies. This is a destructive process, you will have to reinstall
all your software after this.

Also, consider if it is worthwhile. I have found that the performance
difference between XP and 2000 is not very large, you will not get a major
speed improvement by switching from XP to 2000 in my experience. You may be
far better finding out what is the hardware bottleneck and doing a small
upgrade - it may be as simple as some additional RAM. For example, if you
have only 64M of memory, it's going to be very slow no matter how 'fast' the
system is. $60 worth of memory could make the world of difference!

"Victor" <sigmachi1012@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:14dd01c42677$add9eac0$a301280a@phx.gbl...
> I'm trying to to help a friend uninstall XP on her
> computer and put Windows 2000 Pro back on it. When I try
> to run the setup from the Windows 2000 Pro disk I get a
> pop up that since she has a newer version of Windows on
> the computer setup for Windows 2000 Pro is disabled. Is
> there a way to get around this? Her computer is to slow
> for XP.
>
> Thanks