how to rollback to Windows 2000

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I have installed Windows XP and I now have to rollback to
Windows 2000 Professional.

How do I do that?
I have heard this is possible.

I have noticed that when rebooting I have the option
available called "Windows 2000 recovery consolle" but if I
click on that I just get a black screen with the flashing
cursor and nothing happens....
 
One cannot "rollback" to Windows 2000. You'll need to perform
a "clean install".

The Windows 2000 CD is bootable and contains all the tools necessary
to partition and format your drive. Follow this procedure and allow
Windows 2000 to partition and format your drive:

1. Open your BIOS and set your CD Drive as the first bootable device.
2. Insert your Windows 2000 CD in the CD Drive and reboot your computer.
3. You'll see a message to boot to the CD....follow the instructions.
4. The setup menu will appear and you should elect to delete the existing
Windows partitions, then create a new partition, then format the primary
partition (preferably NTFS) and proceed to install Windows 2000.


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Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User

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| I have installed Windows XP and I now have to rollback to
| Windows 2000 Professional.
|
| How do I do that?
| I have heard this is possible.
|
| I have noticed that when rebooting I have the option
| available called "Windows 2000 recovery consolle" but if I
| click on that I just get a black screen with the flashing
| cursor and nothing happens....
 
I have installed Windows XP and I now have to rollback to
Windows 2000 Professional.

How do I do that?
I have heard this is possible.

I have noticed that when rebooting I have the option
available called "Windows 2000 recovery consolle" but if I
click on that I just get a black screen with the flashing
cursor and nothing happens....
Click to expand...

There is no rollback to Win 2000, your only option is to Clean install Win
2000.
Boot from the W2k CD and when prompted, delete the XP partition and select
the empty space for W2k to install.

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Greetings --

There is no "rollback" to Win2K.

If you want to replace WinXP with an earlier OS, you're certainly
entitled to do so, as long as you've purchased a legitimate copy of
that earlier OS. (Although I can't imagine why you'd want to.)

Before proceeding, though, you'd better take a few minutes to see
if there are any device drivers for the older OS available for the new
machine. There may not be, if the PC was specifically designed by its
manufacturer for WinXP. Also, check with the PC vendor to determine
whether or not replacing the pre-installed OS will void your warranty
and/or any service agreement(s), as normally the case.

To replace WinXP with an earlier OS, you'll have to boot from the
appropriate boot disk, format the hard drive, and install. There is
no supported downgrade path or technique.

Simply boot from the Win2K installation CD. You'll be offered the
opportunity to delete, create, and/or format the system partition as
part of the installation process. (You may need to re-arrange the
order of boot devices in the PC's BIOS to boot from the CD.)


Bruce Chambers

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