Windows 2000 Pro

[apyankeefan]

Okay, Here is the deal

I want to Install Windows 2000 Pro on my laptop, and take off XP, due
to the fact that my laptop only has 192MB of ram, which makes it super
slow. The problem is my laptop has a removeable Floppy drive, and CD
drive. So If I put the disc in to begin installation, I can't make the
boot floppies, and then swich back to the cd drive, then back to the
floppy drive to install it. Is there any way that I could make a CD
installation without the use of floppies? This would be great, hope you
can help

Allen Stalker

 

[Gerard Bok]

I want to Install Windows 2000 Pro on my laptop, and take off XP, due
to the fact that my laptop only has 192MB of ram, which makes it super
slow. The problem is my laptop has a removeable Floppy drive, and CD
drive. So If I put the disc in to begin installation, I can't make the
boot floppies, and then swich back to the cd drive, then back to the
floppy drive to install it. Is there any way that I could make a CD
installation without the use of floppies? This would be great, hope you
can help

Do you mean that your laptop can boot from a removable floppy
drive but not from a removable CD-Rom drive ?
Your Windows 2000 Pro disk should be bootable, if memory serves
me

If you realy need to, you can make a small partition on your
harddisk, copy the Windows 2000 CD to that partition and install
from there.

On a personal note: I very much doubt if you can get much better
performance under W2000. Tuning your XP would yield almost the
same effect, imho.

 

[kony]

Okay, Here is the deal

I want to Install Windows 2000 Pro on my laptop, and take off XP, due
to the fact that my laptop only has 192MB of ram, which makes it super
slow. The problem is my laptop has a removeable Floppy drive, and CD
drive. So If I put the disc in to begin installation, I can't make the
boot floppies, and then swich back to the cd drive, then back to the
floppy drive to install it. Is there any way that I could make a CD
installation without the use of floppies? This would be great, hope you
can help

Allen Stalker

The Win2k Cd is bootable, won't your system boot it?

 

[apyankeefan]

I don't believe so, When I try to install it, it says it need 4
floppies, and If I try and install it from the CD, I am unable to
because I have XP on it, and it says the install feature of this CD
will be disabled because you have a better version on it. If I were to
make a partition and run it from there, would that work?

 

[Mike Walsh]

You can install Win2k if you remove WinXP first, e.g. remove the partition using a DOS boot floppy. You will need 4 floppies to make a set of repair disks, but they are not necessary for installation.

 

[apyankeefan]

Ohhhh, I see, so If I remove the partition, then install windows 2000,
on the blank, reformatted partition, The setup shouldn't ask me for
floppies. Because if that were the case, it would be great.

Let me know
Allen Stalker

 

[kony]

Do you mean that your laptop can boot from a removable floppy
drive but not from a removable CD-Rom drive ?
Your Windows 2000 Pro disk should be bootable, if memory serves
me

If you realy need to, you can make a small partition on your
harddisk, copy the Windows 2000 CD to that partition and install
from there.

On a personal note: I very much doubt if you can get much better
performance under W2000. Tuning your XP would yield almost the
same effect, imho.

Yes Win2k can certainly be better for systems with limited
memory. Trimming it down it can be using only 45-60MB of
memory at the end of booting (depending on what's been
loaded into the background, thinking lite).

Speaking of lite, the OP might further benefit by
customizing this win2k installation with "nLite",
http://www.nliteos.com/
but then again, given enough pruning of WinXP with nLite, it
could end up almost as lightweight as Win2k so long as SP2
isn't installed (or is thereafter, mostly removed by nLite).
Another advantage in addition to the smaller memory
footprint is smaller OS footprint on the HDD. Win2k can fit
in under 300MB if the system file protection is turned off
until the installation of all base OS and applications are
finished.

 

[darklight]

Okay, Here is the deal

I want to Install Windows 2000 Pro on my laptop, and take off XP, due
to the fact that my laptop only has 192MB of ram, which makes it super
slow. The problem is my laptop has a removeable Floppy drive, and CD
drive. So If I put the disc in to begin installation, I can't make the
boot floppies, and then swich back to the cd drive, then back to the
floppy drive to install it. Is there any way that I could make a CD
installation without the use of floppies? This would be great, hope you
can help

Allen Stalker

why don't you create a swap partition i know you could do that with win 98
not sure with xp

 

[apyankeefan]

Thanks, I'll give that a try!

Yes Win2k can certainly be better for systems with limited
memory. Trimming it down it can be using only 45-60MB of
memory at the end of booting (depending on what's been
loaded into the background, thinking lite).

Speaking of lite, the OP might further benefit by
customizing this win2k installation with "nLite",
http://www.nliteos.com/
but then again, given enough pruning of WinXP with nLite, it
could end up almost as lightweight as Win2k so long as SP2
isn't installed (or is thereafter, mostly removed by nLite).
Another advantage in addition to the smaller memory
footprint is smaller OS footprint on the HDD. Win2k can fit
in under 300MB if the system file protection is turned off
until the installation of all base OS and applications are
finished.

 

[Mike Walsh]

Yes, that is how to do it. If you use DOS to remove the old partition you can then create a new partition with DOS, but it is better to let the Win2k installation create a partition on the blank disk and format it as NTFS. If the installation prompts you to insert a floppy to be used with a repair disk you can tell it to skip that part.

 

[CBFalconer]

*** topposting fixed ***

Yes, that is how to do it. If you use DOS to remove the old
partition you can then create a new partition with DOS, but it is
better to let the Win2k installation create a partition on the
blank disk and format it as NTFS. If the installation prompts you
to insert a floppy to be used with a repair disk you can tell it
to skip that part.

However bear in mind that an NTFS partition will generally have to
be read-only for access from secure operating systems, because MS
has never published a full specification, thus making writing a
risky proposition. A FAT partition gives up some security and
privacy aspects, but can be fully accessible from other systems.
You pays your money and takes your choice.

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