Topic: removing windows XP

[Drunk Bastard]

I purchased a new portable ordinateur and it came with XP installed on it.  It is also with the CD restore set up diskettes.  (Not standard factory install diskettes.)

I find this XP to be a terrible system.  It breaks constantly for me.  So I want to install my copy of windows 2000.

Does anyone know how I can do this?

[RangerF150]

Sorry Drunk , my French ain't up to much :-(
I take it that a "ordinateur" is a "laptop" ?

If so , first id say that XP won't break under normall circumstances , works fine for me on both laptop and desktop.

However if you don't want it , then you don't want it :-)

Simply boot off the 2000 CD and follow the on screen prompts , your laptop will need to be set to boot off a CD , normally is , you will be then confronted by a 2000 install menu , follow that .
Select format during the install , and continue.

You may encounter some problems , first one is 2000 may tell ya that there is a newer OS isntalled and quit , you would need to boot from a boot disk, and wipe the drive first .
Second 2000 may not see all your hardware and will need to find drivers for some if it .

Personally i would not suggest you "downgrade" to 2000, it may well not run properly as the hardware is newer than the OS.
As a generall rule you should run the OS that the machine was built for , in this case XP.
You could upgrade to XP pro, it's better than XP home.
I'd run it for a while and see what issues happen along the way , rather than installing 2000 .

Good luck

[Drunk Bastard]

Sorry Drunk , my French ain't up to much :-(
I take it that a "ordinateur" is a "laptop" ?

If so , first id say that XP won't break under normall circumstances , works fine for me on both laptop and desktop.

However if you don't want it , then you don't want it :-)

Simply boot off the 2000 CD and follow the on screen prompts , your laptop will need to be set to boot off a CD , normally is , you will be then confronted by a 2000 install menu , follow that .
Select format during the install , and continue.

You may encounter some problems , first one is 2000 may tell ya that there is a newer OS isntalled and quit , you would need to boot from a boot disk, and wipe the drive first .
Second 2000 may not see all your hardware and will need to find drivers for some if it .

Personally i would not suggest you "downgrade" to 2000, it may well not run properly as the hardware is newer than the OS.
As a generall rule you should run the OS that the machine was built for , in this case XP.
You could upgrade to XP pro, it's better than XP home.
I'd run it for a while and see what issues happen along the way , rather than installing 2000 .

Good luck

XP home and pro just collide all the time with my accounting programs.  I was told by the manufacture that this is a problem with XP and all Medpro software.

The first problem I have to do is find a floppy drive for my "Lap top" comuter.  Then I will remove the system.

[RangerF150]

If it's a new laptop , then it may well boot off USB , else you can create a boot CD , just for the puropose of formatting the drive .

Else if you have a linux disc handy you can format off that .....

With all due respect to "Medpro" that's a lame excuse , they should be able to make it work with XP !

[FunkyZebra]

With all due respect to "Medpro" that's a lame excuse , they should be able to make it work with XP !

I agree 100% How can a software company have products that arn't compatable with XP? That's like buying a video today that only works with Beta vcr's...anyone even remember beta?

[RangerF150]

With all due respect to "Medpro" that's a lame excuse , they should be able to make it work with XP !

I agree 100% How can a software company have products that arn't compatable with XP? That's like buying a video today that only works with Beta vcr's...anyone even remember beta?

Yeah , and having the cheek to blame VHS , as the problem , it's pretty mad!

Yup , i had a beta player , i got it for free. It was so heavy , it was a two man job to lift it , i swear, it was a "top loader", type .
The good old day's :-)