Downgrading to Win2000 Pro from XP Home

[Scott]

I am attempting to overwrite the WinWP Home op system on
my machine with a new copy of Win2000 Pro, and there
doesn't seem to be a way to do this without a complete
reformatting of the drive. (Yikes!) Is there a better way
for me to do this?
Thank you,
Scott

 

[Dave Patrick]

That's the only way. To do a clean install, either boot the Windows 2000
install CD-Rom or setup disks. The set of four install disks can be created
from your Windows 2000 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.