Windows 2000 to Xp (Clean install) ?
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your getting lost in the details---just boot from xp and follow to the upgrade-- they are assuming everyone is as dumb as me.... sorry-lol
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Windows XP with Serivce Pack 2 is best !
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Use genuine Windows XP Edition
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Reformat the HD, and then install XP,but make sure your data is backed up.
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u r doing the right thing that u are swithing winxp to win 2000 u know why becasue i think for users like us win 200 is the best one where you can do any dam thing. \nVery simple.\n1-> Restart the system and press dell 3 time\n2-> Go in bios and select the boot sequins 1st boot CD ROM\n3-> Press f10 and then press y and press enter\n4-> Restart the system and insert win 2000and when ask for boot CD press enter.\n5-> Then it will ask weather u waan to repair press esc .\n6-> Then accept the term and condition by pressing f8.\n7-> Then it will show the drive u have previously created just select the drive and press enter. \n8-> Then select format and install.
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Try to have a clean install of winxp. Refer to this site:\n\nhttp://www.michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm\n\nIt will reinstall all XP system files, but will not touch your installed programs, and other personal documents you have
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Actually I had a similar problem. Surprisingly (and unfortunately) Windows 2000 does NOT have a compatability mode, like XP does. I eventually upgraded, but yea, my program wouldn't work. Give it a shot though. Good luck.
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I've seen a couple of older laptops where you had to follow the manufacturer's special instructions for getting XP installed successfully.  I'd check Toshiba's website for any documentation (as opposed to just drivers and bios updates) that might be related to your laptop.\n\nI might also try booting from the XP install CD instead of trying to run it from within the Win 2000 environment.  Or if you don't want to do that, you might want to stop any anti-virus software you might have running, and use task manager (ctrl+alt+del) to shutdown as many unnecessary processes as you can before launching Setup.  You might even want to download, update, and run Ad-aware and maybe Spybot S&D and see if you might have some spyware interferring that needs removing.\n\nAt any rate, it's generally a good idea to make a backup before you try anything too drastic.
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If you chose to keep your old Windows installation and the FAT32 file system, you should be able to uninstall Windows XP. Please see "Sources".\n\nIn case you do not have an option to uninstall Windows, back-up all your important files onto CDR/CDRW/DVDR/'another hard disk'/'other forms of memory', (create a boot floppy as described in next paragraph,) format your hard disk, and install the version of Windows you want.\n\nWindows XP's CD is always bootable, so you won't require a boot floppy. I assume it must be the same for 2000, but for 9x, most probably you will need a boot floppy. After you finish backing up, insert a blank floppy and (from within XP) format it as a start-up disk. To format,\n-Open My Computer (in your new XP Start menu).\n-Right-click the floppy drive icon.\n-Select "Format".\n-Put a tick mark in the check box named "Create an MS-DOS startup disk".\n-Click "Start" button (the one in the Format dialog box)\nOnly then should you format your hard disk.\n\nI'm not sure of FAT32 taking up more space, but if you use NT/2000/XP, then it is highly recommended that you try your best in sticking to NTFS. Check out the Sources for some information regarding the two file systems.\n_______\nViva La Dvorak! - www.dvzine.org
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Here is a webpage that goes through the upgrade process for win2000 to xp hopefully it helps:\n\nhttp://www.winsupersite.com/showcase/windowsxp_sg_2kupgrade.asp
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Here is your fix:\n\nYou MUST have an OEM Win XP CD.\n\n1. Boot up with the WinXP CD and at the Setup Screen press the Enter Key.\n  \n2. You will be taken to the Windows XP Licensing Agreement. Press F8 to proceed.\n\n3. The next screen gives you the option to do a fresh (clean) install or to repair\n     the selected Windows XP installation. To run a Repair Install press "R".\n\n***CAUTION*** if you do not see the option to repair the selected Windows XP\ninstallation DO NOT choose the option to continue installing a fresh copy without\nrepairing as that will overwrite your data and cause unrecoverable data loss.\n\n4. If you originally installed XP with Service Pack 1 and later installed Service Pack     2,  you will need to re-install Service Pack 2.\n\n5. If you have any Microsoft Office products installed,  you will need to re-activate\n    with the Product Key code. Contacting Microsoft may be required.
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no deriver neede for windows xp
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If you did not delete the files from Windows Me during the installation, you might be able to remove Win 2000 through the "Add-Remove programs" in control panel.\n\nBut why do you want to remove it?\n2000 is better than Me as far as I know.\n\nAnd why do you have a problem with XP if you have Win 2000?
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Okay so you have problems with windows XP. See windows 2000 is most stable OS from MICROSOFT and is use by many corporates. Now WIN XP is not that bad. As said by someone eralier you need to pratice good surfing habits. Okay that will take some time. Try this out. For the last time back up your data, Format win XP and do a clean install of win XP. Once done first visit windowsupdate.microsoft.com and download all the critical updates for your system. Once that is done install and ANTI virus software of your choice and make sure you update it first. Now time for you ti download some free spyware removal tools. Download these two softwares\n1> Spybot serach and destroy\nhttp://www.download.com/Spybot-Search-Destroy/3000-8022_4-10401314.html?tag=lst-0-1\n\n2> Ad aware\nhttp://www.download.com/Ad-Aware-SE-Personal-Edition/3000-8022_4-10399602.html?tag=lst-0-1\n\nUpdate them once downloaded. Now you are all set to go. Use theinternet the way you wish but safely. Visit this website for more info\nhttp://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/viruses/intro_viruses_protect.mspx \n\nhttp://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/spyware/spywareprevent.mspx\n\nDo not forget to update your antivirus software and spyware softwares. Run a virus and spyware scan once in 2 days to ensure spywares and virus are out of your computer. I am sure you should not have more troubles or no troubles at all as u had it b4. Well thats all we do and our WIN XP does not crash.
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If you can use the partition, as in start up on it. Then just start the computer.. copy everything you want to a cd-rom, flash-drive, or whatever medium youy plan to use to save contents. \n\nThen boot from the XP disk: to do this, you will have to go into your bios, and change the boot order to check to cd-rom drive first... \n\nWhen the system boots from the disk, it will take you into Windows setup, where you can choose to remove the partition,  format, and install a fresh clean copy.
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just insert your XP cd and..go on!
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Put the XP CD in the drive and boot from it.  Go through the steps to install the operating system.  You will be asked to format the C: drive or leave it.\n\nReference step 10 in http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html\n\nYou can also use a tool like Darik's Boot and Nuke (dban) - which is available as a bootable CD.  It will thoroughly wipe you hard drive making it virtually impossible to recover any data that was once on it.  see: http://dban.sourceforge.net/\n\nLastly, if you don't know how to CORRECTLY burn an ISO image, reference the instructions for your particular burning software here:\nhttp://iso.snoekonline.com/iso.htm