Downgrade from Windows XP to Windows 2000

[Acoshi]

Does anyone know how to downgrade from XP to 2000? Because it disables the 2000 disk when I put it in.

 

[xcript]

Don't think you can. You'll have to reinstall.

 

[Acoshi]

How do I reinstall?

 

[xcript]

Originally posted by: Acoshi
How do I reinstall?

You boot off the Win2k CD and follow the on-screen instructions.

Make sure you backup anything you need to keep though.

 

[Acoshi]

I tried that and it said that the boot disk was disable

 

[Doh!]

Set the boot order in the bios to CD-Rom as the first boot disk.

 

[Acoshi]

How do I do that?

 

[InlineFive]

In your BIOS under Boot Devices make sure CDROM is in first place. Then if you have the Windows 2000 disc in it will start the install.

And why do you want to go back to 2000 out of curosity since Windows XP basically is 2000?!

-Por

 

[Acoshi]

I went to the BIOS menu at the beginning of the loading process that my comp goes through and went to boot sequence and put the CD ROM first and it still said that the disk was disable.

I just wanted to know if I can switch between the two without problems, nothing serious.

 

[badet77]

Is the BIOS detecting the CD-ROM?

 

[Acoshi]

How do I find that out?

 

[JackBurton]

I think you better say with XP.

 

[dnuggett]

I think you better say with XP.

Or learn a little bit more about dual booting...

 

[JackBurton]

Dude, with your knowledge, you'll probably be left with a black screen after you're done messing with your machine. You need to do some SERIOUS reading up before you attempt installing another OS.