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My first surprise is that the bootable Windows 2000 CDROM did not autoboot.

After XP initialized and I logged on, it promptly told me:

"The CD-ROM is from an older version of Windows than the one you are
presently Using. Setup functionality from this disk will be disabled".

SO I tried to run SETUP.EXE from the Command Line Prompt.

I the same message again.

Help?
 
clackey said:
My first surprise is that the bootable Windows 2000 CDROM did not autoboot.

After XP initialized and I logged on, it promptly told me:

"The CD-ROM is from an older version of Windows than the one you are
presently Using. Setup functionality from this disk will be disabled".

SO I tried to run SETUP.EXE from the Command Line Prompt.

I the same message again.

Help?
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I got it done.
It was my stupid "not paying attention"

It was asking me if I wanted to boot from the CD, and by the time I got
the message read, it was gone and booting XP.
Windows 2000 installed on Drive D:
When done, I replaced the C:\NTLDR and C:\NTDETECT.COM that Windows
2000 had put there, and restored the XP versions I had previously saved.

All is well now.
 
Greetings --

All legitimate Win2K installation CDs are bootable.

If you want to "downgrade" WinXP to 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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