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"Evadne Cake" <sarah.balfour@craigy34.eclipse.co.uk> wrote in message
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> On Thu, 4 Aug 2005 22:11:02 +0100, Jason wrote
> (in article <E785944B-917B-47C1-B92C-27DCE05AAF37@microsoft.com>):
>
>> I have Win XP Home on my labtop and would like to unistall it and Install
>> Win
>
>> 2000 pro. How can I do this with out Formating the hard drive? Amd I have
>> another labtop with Win 2000 Pro that I would like to upgrade it to XP
>> Home.
>> How can I do this with out Formating?
>
> 1) WTF is a "labtop" [sic]?! A top that can only be worn by a Labrador
> retriever? Or only in a laboratory...? Oh, you meant *LAPTOP*. Do learn
> how
> to spell...There are also *TWO* 'Ts' in formatting (and it doesn't require
> a
> capital letter).
>
> 2) If the *laPtop* upon which XP Home is installed came with it installed,
> then it is OEM and tied to that computer forever - it may *NOT* be
> installed
> on any other. Read the EULA. This would also apply to 2000 if it came
> with a
> system.
>
> 3) You cannot - 2000 is a professional OS and Home is a "home" OS for want
> of
> a better word, but 2000 is older than XP, and you cannot downgrade a newer
> OS
> to an older one. You also cannot upgrade 2000 Pro to XP Home (XP Home is
> the
> upgrade to the 98/ME line - to upgrade Windows 2000 you need XP Pro).
>