D d hatch May 18, 2004 #1 how do you do it? my laptop won't let me install windows 2000 in place of xp. Can anyone help?
C Carey Frisch [MVP] May 19, 2004 #2 No, you cannot directly install Winn 2000 over XP. You'll have to start from scratch by deleting the XP partition, create a new partition, format the partition (preferably NTFS) and install Win 2000 "clean". Clean Install http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html [Courtesy of MS-MVP Michael Stevens] -- Carey Frisch Microsoft MVP Windows XP - Shell/User Be Smart! Protect your PC! http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- | how do you do it? my laptop won't let me install windows | 2000 in place of xp. Can anyone help? |
No, you cannot directly install Winn 2000 over XP. You'll have to start from scratch by deleting the XP partition, create a new partition, format the partition (preferably NTFS) and install Win 2000 "clean". Clean Install http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html [Courtesy of MS-MVP Michael Stevens] -- Carey Frisch Microsoft MVP Windows XP - Shell/User Be Smart! Protect your PC! http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- | how do you do it? my laptop won't let me install windows | 2000 in place of xp. Can anyone help? |
