Win XP to 2000 downgrade
Has anyone any experience in going from XP to 2k? At a guess this means a total reformat (regretably) is needed? If so problems with file system compatability that are likly to turn up? And is there anything i am likly to forget to back up.
Has anyone any experience in going from XP to 2k?
At a guess this means a total reformat (regretably) is needed? If so problems with file system compatability that are likly to turn up? And is there anything i am likly to forget to back up.
Many thanks
tpe
At a guess this means a total reformat (regretably) is needed? If so problems with file system compatability that are likly to turn up? And is there anything i am likly to forget to back up.
Many thanks
tpe
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I have downgraded (I call it an upgrade) from XP Pro to 2000 Pro. I had two drives, formatted the one used for 2000 in XP. No problems with NTFS. Yes you will have to reformat ... uless you can simply delete everything on the drive (usually not).
Remember to backup:
Email and address book
Favorites
My Documents
and any special folders you've created.
Remember to backup:
Email and address book
Favorites
My Documents
and any special folders you've created.
I was told that the upgrade from Win2k Pro to WinXP Pro could not be undone just like in Win9x. I did the upgrade myself and confirmed this issue. As a result, to downgrade Windows with NTFS partitions, you have to let the Win2k setup format the partition where Windows is installed in order not to leave any superfluous files on the partition (you may instead use Partition Magic or another utility to set up the partitions).
