Rollback XP Installation to Win2000

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Scott Artwein

I recently upgraded a notebook with Win2000 SP4 to WinXP Professional SP2.
The video from the DVD drive does not play as it did before the upgrade, so I
need to do a rollback to Win2000. I am clueless as to how to do this. I
naturally have my XP disc, but no discs of any kind (recovery, OS, etc.) as
the notebook was pre-owned. Any help will be greatly appreciated.
 
There isnt a roll back option if you upgraded.
Have you visited the laptop manu. web site for winxp specific drivers for
your specific model?
Or did you make the mistake of using winupdate for drivers?
 
Scott said:
I recently upgraded a notebook with Win2000 SP4 to WinXP
Professional SP2. The video from the DVD drive does not play as it
did before the upgrade, so I need to do a rollback to Win2000. I am
clueless as to how to do this. I naturally have my XP disc, but no
discs of any kind (recovery, OS, etc.) as the notebook was
pre-owned. Any help will be greatly appreciated.
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Oops?
Poor planning?

You will not be able to rollback from your Windows XP installation to
Windows 2000 *if* you did not perform a proper backup before doing such a
drastic change to the system.


How to uninstall Windows XP and revert to a previous operating system
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/303661

*NOTICE*
If you upgraded from Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition, Windows 2000, or
Windows NT 4.0, you cannot remove Windows XP.


It's also very plausible that your poor DVD playback has more to do with
out-dated applications that you are utilizing than the OS change itself
(they were designed to interface/work in the previous OS you had, etc.) OR
you need to upgrade all of your device drivers (hardware device drivers)
from EACH manufacturer's support web page (and your software may have
updates as well.)

Being a used computer - you'd be better off with a CLEAN installation of
whatever OS you plan on utilizing. Why inhgerit whatever the last person
used it for/damaged/left on it to track the system?
 
Nuking XP to fix DVD playback is a bit drastic.

First try reinstalling your DVD playback software. Then see if a DirectX
upgrade is needed- the DirectX version on 2000 may have been higher than that
on a default XP install (7, I think?) DX9 should suit most requirements.

BTW, a common misconception is that Windows Media Player plays encrypted
DVDs. In fact it doesn't, although it can act as a 'skin' to external DVD
player software, giving the impression that it does. - Thus to play these
you need third-party software such as PowerDVD or WinDVD.
 
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