deleting windows 2000 and reinstalling windows 98

[kingjm]

I have upgraded my computor to windows 2000. now I find
that my moden, printer and other programs do not work and
want to remove 2000 and return to w 98.
Can you help me
Thanks

 

[DL]

Its a bit late now but you should have run sys compatibility checker.
The printer prob may be simply a question of updated drivers, visit printer
manu. site for updates.
The same may apply to yr modem, and various other hardware, eg
graphics/sound cards.
Its unusual for apps not to work, unless they are that old, what msgs/apps?
As for going back to w98 this may depend on how you installed Win2K
You 'may' have no otion other than a format/install - if so ensure any data
is backed up you will also have to reinstall any apps.
Generally when installing a new o/s its better to do a clean install
David

 

[Dave Patrick]

Agreed, probably all driver and or bios compliancy issues. To wipe the
drive, some ways include; boot a win98 startup disk, run fdisk and delete
all partition information found (as long as NTFS is primary). Or boot the
Windows 2000 CD-Rom or setup disks and when you get to the point, delete the
existing NTFS and or other partitions found, then abort the
install. Or use a utility named delpart. Once removed you can boot the Win98
CD-Rom or restore CD-Rom to start your install.

ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/bussys/winnt/winnt-public/reskit/nt31/i386/reskit.exe

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Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft MVP [Windows NT/2000 Operating Systems]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect.

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| I have upgraded my computor to windows 2000. now I find
| that my moden, printer and other programs do not work and
| want to remove 2000 and return to w 98.
| Can you help me
| Thanks

 

[Guest]

Make sure you have your product key BEFORE you try to reboot anything!