Changing from XP to Windows 2000

[Jim]

I have a disfunctional recovery disk, for my XP laptop.
Does anyone know how I can use my Windows 2000 disk and
install it on my laptop? I tried and it told me that you
cannot install an older version of windows. Please help I
am out of service without any thing


Jim

 

[Dave Patrick]

To do a clean install, either boot the CD-Rom or boot the Windows 2000 setup
disks. The set of four install disks can be created from your Win2k CD-rom;
change to the \bootdisk directory on the cd-rom and execute makeboot.exe
(from dos) or makebt32.exe (from 32 bit) and follow the prompts.

When you get to the point, delete the existing NTFS and or other partitions
found. After you delete the partition(s) abort the install, then again
restart the pc booting the CD-Rom or setup disks to avoid unexpected drive
letter assignments with your new install.