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kazaaliterock
07-14-2003, 11:47 PM
im starting to hate window xp so i was wondering how to uninstall it and go back to win 2000. i dont want to have 2 operating system on the same maching so any help would great. thank you.
Livy
07-14-2003, 11:52 PM
do u still have 2000. or is xp ypur only os, did u upgrade from another os? u probably will have to format, even if u dont its the best option.
kazaaliterock
07-15-2003, 12:09 AM
no i started w/ xp on this comp and i want to degrade to win2000.
lynx
07-15-2003, 01:15 AM
Originally posted by kazaaliterock@15 July 2003 - 01:09
no i started w/ xp on this comp and i want to degrade to win2000.
Can't be done.

You will need to remove and re-install from scratch.
kazaaliterock
07-15-2003, 01:36 AM
so how do i remove it
Livy
07-15-2003, 08:50 AM
format your hardrive, u will lose everything on the hard drive
ilw
07-15-2003, 09:09 AM
Put your windows 2000 disk in the cd drive and restart ur computer, hopefully u should get some message about starting setup (i'm not familiar with 2000 installation). At some point in the set up u should get the option to format ur hard disk. U will lose all data on the hard drive that u have not backed up!
kazaaliterock
07-15-2003, 06:35 PM
@livy the hardrive came w/ the comp has winxp install so if i format it i wills till have xp, i will just lose all my movies and game.

@ilw if i do that will it delete the window xp as well cuz like i said above xp came preinstall.
dgmortal
07-15-2003, 06:40 PM
you could partition you drive and then move all of your movies to a new partition. then when you go to reinstall, just format the c:\ drive and install win2000. all of your movies and what not will be on the other partition and will not be affected by the format.
exactly!
07-15-2003, 08:49 PM
Someone should mention that no drivers will be included for 2000. things that worked in xp won't work in 2000 without all new drivers. do a hardware inventory first and get all the drivers for it.
Livy
07-15-2003, 09:53 PM
Originally posted by exactly!@15 July 2003 - 21:49
Someone should mention that no drivers will be included for 2000. things that worked in xp won't work in 2000 without all new drivers. do a hardware inventory first and get all the drivers for it.
i was gonna mention this to, and also about making another partition.