Need help Unistalling Windows2000

[@ustpwr]

I wanted to know how I can uninstall windows 2000 and install WinXP. Do I need a bootdisk? And how can I delete my hard drive.

Thanks

[DragonNOA1]

There are many ways. You can do an upgrade by putting the XP CD in and following the prompts but I would recommend doing a complete reinstall.

Probably the easiest way is to put the XP CD in before Win2K starts so that the computer boots to the the CD and then go throught the prompts for doing a fresh install of XP and delete the previous partition and then re-partition and continue installing xp.

Steps:

1. Power on the computer

2. Insert XP CD into CD drive. Press ENTER to resume booting from the XP CD. (BIOS must support booting from CD and boot order must be set so CD boots before hard drive.

3. Next you will get the option to repair or enter setup, choose to enter setup. Press ENTER.

4. Press F8 if you agree to the license.

5. Setup will scan for previous Windows installations

6. If you are using the upgrade version of XP on a computer without any version of Windows currently installed, this is where you will replace the XP CD with your qualifying CD, XP setup will scan the qualifying CD and instruct you to replace it with the XP CD to continue XP setup; otherwise, you will not see this screen.

10. Choose the location to install.

If the hard drive or partition has a previous installation of XP you want to remove, choose to delete the partition by pressing "D". You will then be prompted to create a new partition in the empty space. This will remove all data from the deleted space.

Continue on with the prompts. The above just erased all of your Win2K making the fresh install of XP possible.

Source:
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html

[noby]

Don't forget to backup your data first !

noby

[LocoCoyote]

I know that this isn't the best place for this, but since you are doing an upgrade anyway, why not set yourself up with Linux? If you want you could install your WinXP then put linux on a separate partion. I say give it a try. You may never go back! I didn't