Windows 2000 over Windows XP Home

[Al]

I have a Dell laptop with XP Home and want to install 2000.
Can this be done or do I need to perform a clean install
first. If Possible I would like to keep my data and just
install the OS.

Thanks in advance

 

[Leonard Severt [MSFT]]

I have a Dell laptop with XP Home and want to install 2000.
Can this be done or do I need to perform a clean install
first. If Possible I would like to keep my data and just
install the OS.

Thanks in advance

You would have to do a clean install. You can not downgrade any Windows
to previous version.

Leonard Severt

Windows 2000 Server Setup Team

 

[Bruce Chambers]

Greetings --

There is no "rollback" to Win2K.

To replace WinXP with an earlier OS, you'll have to boot from the
appropriate boot disk, format the hard drive, and install. There is
no supported downgrade path or technique.

Simply boot from the Win2K installation CD. You'll be offered the
opportunity to delete, create, and/or format the system partition as
part of the installation process. (You may need to re-arrange the
order of boot devices in the PC's BIOS to boot from the CD.)


Bruce Chambers

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