You're switching from one out-of-date operating system to another
out-of-date operating system.

To find Windows XP installation CDs: Look on the web.

For large disk support: Purchase an install CD with SP 2 or SP 3.
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Leonard Grey
Errare humanum est

Robbie Hatley wrote:
> Greetings, group. This is my first post to this group.
> I've been using Windows 2000 since shortly after it came out
> (late 2000). It's met all my needs until recently. But
> lately, I've been running into problems as Microsoft,
> software manufacturers, ISPs, etc are all phasing-out
> support for Win2K.
>
> SO, I'm considering moving to Windows-XP.
>
> I have two questions:
>
> Firstly, what are the options for obtaining XP install CDs
> these days? I've heard MS has stopped producing them. So
> we have to get them from places that still have them in stock?
> Or are there other options?
>
> Secondly, does XP require manually setting an entry in the
> registry in order to use HD partitions over 137GB, as with Win2K?
> Or is XP smart enough to automatically use the correct LBA type
> (24bit or 48bit) based on HD size? (I'm looking to avoid any
> repeats of an incident which occurred about a year ago in which
> thousands of files on my computer were destroyed because
> registry entry "EnableBigLBA" got reset to 0 on a clean
> reinstall of Win2K.)
>

ditto

"Leonard Grey" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> You're switching from one out-of-date operating system to another
> out-of-date operating system.
>
> To find Windows XP installation CDs: Look on the web.
>
> For large disk support: Purchase an install CD with SP 2 or SP 3.
> ---
> Leonard Grey
> Errare humanum est
>
> Robbie Hatley wrote:
>> Greetings, group. This is my first post to this group.
>> I've been using Windows 2000 since shortly after it came out
>> (late 2000). It's met all my needs until recently. But
>> lately, I've been running into problems as Microsoft,
>> software manufacturers, ISPs, etc are all phasing-out
>> support for Win2K.
>>
>> SO, I'm considering moving to Windows-XP.
>>
>> I have two questions:
>>
>> Firstly, what are the options for obtaining XP install CDs
>> these days? I've heard MS has stopped producing them. So
>> we have to get them from places that still have them in stock?
>> Or are there other options?
>>
>> Secondly, does XP require manually setting an entry in the
>> registry in order to use HD partitions over 137GB, as with Win2K?
>> Or is XP smart enough to automatically use the correct LBA type
>> (24bit or 48bit) based on HD size? (I'm looking to avoid any
>> repeats of an incident which occurred about a year ago in which
>> thousands of files on my computer were destroyed because
>> registry entry "EnableBigLBA" got reset to 0 on a clean
>> reinstall of Win2K.)
>>