overwritting windows xp

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I REALLY NEED HELP PLEASE......
i recently bough a pc and it came with windows xp on, i
would like to use windows 2000 instead but my system is
telling me that xp is a later version of windows and
therfor will not allow me to install windows 2000

i have tried to run the exe file i have tried to explore
the disk i have even tried to format my hard drive and to
no avail i am left with this infernal opperating system

is there any chance someone out there can help me if so
please email me and let me know how to do it

would be very gratefull and much appreciated

thank you

James
 
One cannot "overwrite" the Windows XP operating system
with Windows 2000. You'll have to reformat the drive and
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:

NOTE: It would be best to physically disconnect all your peripheral hardware
devices, except for you mouse and keyboard, before installing XP.

1. Open your BIOS and set your CD Drive as the first bootable device.

===> Accessing Motherboard BIOS
===> http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/bios_manufacturer.htm

2. Insert your Windows XP 2000 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.

5. After Windows 2000 is installed, visit the Windows Update website
and download the available "Critical Updates", starting with SP4.

6. After installing the critical updates, be sure and visit the support website
of the manufacturer of the computer to download and install any
available Windows 2000 compatible drivers, such as video adapter
and audio drivers.


--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User

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| I REALLY NEED HELP PLEASE......
| i recently bough a pc and it came with windows xp on, i
| would like to use windows 2000 instead but my system is
| telling me that xp is a later version of windows and
| therfor will not allow me to install windows 2000
|
| i have tried to run the exe file i have tried to explore
| the disk i have even tried to format my hard drive and to
| no avail i am left with this infernal opperating system
|
| is there any chance someone out there can help me if so
| please email me and let me know how to do it
|
| would be very gratefull and much appreciated
|
| thank you
|
| James
 
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