Glenn

How do I do a clean reinstall of Win2K over an existing
install of Win XP Pro? My CD won't let me go back to an
earlier version.

Thanks.

Norm

Wipe the partition with fdisk and format. You can get a boot floppy maker
from bootdisk.com.

"Glenn" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> How do I do a clean reinstall of Win2K over an existing
> install of Win XP Pro? My CD won't let me go back to an
> earlier version.
>
> Thanks.
>

Michael Stevens

Glenn wrote:
> How do I do a clean reinstall of Win2K over an existing
> install of Win XP Pro? My CD won't let me go back to an
> earlier version.
>
> Thanks.

Boot from the Win 2k CD and delete the current XP partition during setup.
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In news:10ca601c3f418$0bb7e760$a401280a@phx.gbl,
Glenn <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> typed:

> How do I do a clean reinstall of Win2K over an existing
> install of Win XP Pro?


You don't.


> My CD won't let me go back to an
> earlier version.


Nobody else's CD will either. Downgrades are not supported. Your
only choice is to reformat and reinstall cleanly.

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Yes, that's what I want to do but when I tried it
earlier, for some reason, I couldn't get Win2K to boot
from the CD drive. I'll have to try again. Or do you
mean I have to create floppy boot disks?


>-----Original Message-----
>In news:10ca601c3f418$0bb7e760$a401280a@phx.gbl,
>Glenn <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> typed:
>
>> How do I do a clean reinstall of Win2K over an existing
>> install of Win XP Pro?
>
>
>You don't.
>
>
>> My CD won't let me go back to an
>> earlier version.
>
>
>Nobody else's CD will either. Downgrades are not
supported. Your
>only choice is to reformat and reinstall cleanly.
>
>--
>Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
>Please reply to the newsgroup
>
>
>.
>

Dave Wilcox

I would use KillDisk program downloadable from:

http://www.killdisk.com

HTH



Glenn wrote:

> How do I do a clean reinstall of Win2K over an existing
> install of Win XP Pro? My CD won't let me go back to an
> earlier version.
>
> Thanks.