Hello all:

I am requesting assistance in changing a computer that
came pre-loaded with Windows XP to the Windows 2000
operating system. Our network users are all on W2K. How
do I perform this conversion without losing all of my pre-
loaded drivers and hardware-related programs?

Thank you in advance.

Wendy

You will have to wipe it and start from scratch. There might be a drivers
folder on the hard drive that you can copy first but you can just as easily
download the hardware drivers from the manufacturer website.

Kevin Mattson
www.deploy-tech.net

"Wendy Oliver" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:6d1d01c35872$09c30e40$(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hello all:
>
> I am requesting assistance in changing a computer that
> came pre-loaded with Windows XP to the Windows 2000
> operating system. Our network users are all on W2K. How
> do I perform this conversion without losing all of my pre-
> loaded drivers and hardware-related programs?
>
> Thank you in advance.
>
> Wendy

Hi Wendy,

I had the same problem. Microsoft have made it so you can't run Winnt32
from within XP, so the only option is to nuke it and start again. You
have to ensure there are Win2k drivers for your hardware before you do
this. Some laptops only work with XP.

Wendy Oliver wrote:
> Hello all:
>
> I am requesting assistance in changing a computer that
> came pre-loaded with Windows XP to the Windows 2000
> operating system. Our network users are all on W2K. How
> do I perform this conversion without losing all of my pre-
> loaded drivers and hardware-related programs?
>
> Thank you in advance.
>
> Wendy


--
Gerry Hickman (London UK)

Bruce Chambers wrote:

> appropriate boot disk, format the hard drive, and install. There is
> no supported downgrade path or technique.

A pointless restriction to stop people easily switching to a superior O/S.

--
Gerry Hickman (London UK)

Greetings --

So, can you name a single operating system in use today that
allows for the in-place downgrade to an older operating?

Bruce Chambers

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"Gerry Hickman" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> A pointless restriction to stop people easily switching to a
superior O/S.
>
> --
> Gerry Hickman (London UK)
>

Greetings --

You're quite wrong, you know. None of those operating systems you
mentioned, or any other that I've ever heard of, allow down-grading.
The reasons are entirely technical.


Bruce Chambers

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"Gerry Hickman" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Hi Bruce,
>
> I have not tried this, as prior to XP there was never any need. I
> imagine you can run Win95 OSR2 setup from within Win98 or WinNT
setup
> from within Win2k, (or at least dual boot options thereof). If this
is
> not the case you make a valid comment.
>