Replacing XP with W2K

[W. Watson]

I'm trying to put W2K on an older, P3?, computer that has XP on it. The
computer will not boot up from a the W2K CD. BIOS only gives a few choices,
the local network and something else. None are for the CD as far as I can
tell. If I login into XP, and browse the CD, XP will not allow me to install
it. I could reformat the HD, but since it won't read the CD on bootup what
can I do?

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

I'm trying to put W2K on an older, P3?, computer that has XP on it. The
computer will not boot up from a the W2K CD. BIOS only gives a few choices,
the local network and something else. None are for the CD as far as I can
tell. If I login into XP, and browse the CD, XP will not allow me to install
it. I could reformat the HD, but since it won't read the CD on bootup what
can I do?

Try posting your question in windows2000.general. It has
nothing to do with WinXP.

 

[John John]

The computer must be pretty old if it can't boot from the CD-ROM.
Create a set of setup disks and boot with those.

How To Create Setup Boot Disks for Windows 2000
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/197063

John

 

[W. Watson]

Try posting your question in windows2000.general. It has
nothing to do with WinXP.

I have, but is it possible that XP is preventing it from booting (after it
gets beyond BIOS)? It certainly won't let me start the an install while in
booted up in XP. I'm going to try a different install CD and see what
happens. A non-MS install.

 

[Ghostrider]

I have, but is it possible that XP is preventing it from booting (after
it gets beyond BIOS)? It certainly won't let me start the an install
while in booted up in XP. I'm going to try a different install CD and
see what happens. A non-MS install.

Is there the option to identify and change the device boot order
in the motherboard's bios configuration setup? If so, then make
the cdrom drive to be the first boot device. If the version of
Windows 2000 in the cdrom drive is definite a genuine, Microsoft
Windows 2000 installation cdrom disc, then the computer should
now boot from it.

 

[Rock]

I have, but is it possible that XP is preventing it from booting (after it
gets beyond BIOS)? It certainly won't let me start the an install while in
booted up in XP. I'm going to try a different install CD and see what
happens. A non-MS install.

No, XP is not stopping the CD from booting. That happens before the OS is
loaded. You can't start the install from within XP because there is no
upgrade path from XP to Win2k. Only upgrade installations can be started
from within the booted OS.

 

[Al Dykes]

I'm trying to put W2K on an older, P3?, computer that has XP on it. The
computer will not boot up from a the W2K CD. BIOS only gives a few choices,
the local network and something else. None are for the CD as far as I can
tell. If I login into XP, and browse the CD, XP will not allow me to install
it. I could reformat the HD, but since it won't read the CD on bootup what
can I do?

How did XP get installed?

I forget the details but I'm sure that the w2k CD has a utility that
can burn the 3 (4?) floppy disks needed to install w2k on a machine
that can't boot from CD.

Browse the CD for files with approptiate names or google
for the specifics.

 

[Dominique]

(e-mail address removed) (Al Dykes) écrivait

How did XP get installed?

I forget the details but I'm sure that the w2k CD has a utility that
can burn the 3 (4?) floppy disks needed to install w2k on a machine
that can't boot from CD.

Browse the CD for files with approptiate names or google
for the specifics.

The program to make the 4 floppies is called MAKEBOOT.EXE it is located
in the BOOTDISK folder on the Win2K CD.

HTH
Dominique

 

[W. Watson]

How did XP get installed?

I forget the details but I'm sure that the w2k CD has a utility that
can burn the 3 (4?) floppy disks needed to install w2k on a machine
that can't boot from CD.

Browse the CD for files with approptiate names or google
for the specifics.

As it turns out there are more than 2 options, but none is a CD. Originally,
it probably got installed over a network. The other options are LS120,
ZIP-100 and ATAPI-20.

It also turns out there are floppy images that can be placed on a floppy
disk that will then provide a boot mechanism that will eventually boot from
a CD. For example, <http://bootcd.narod.ru/> provides and image, and rawrite
is a win or dos program that will put the image on a floppy.