pantherguy Posted October 31, 2006 Report Share Posted October 31, 2006 I'm trying to downgrade a laptop to windows 2000 from XP. Its running on the bare minimum for memory and is very slow. Do I have to unistall XP and then install 2000 or can I just use the 2000 CD and do the downgrade from there?Thanks. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bubba Bob Posted October 31, 2006 Report Share Posted October 31, 2006 (edited) You have to wipe the drive first. It won't let you downgrade. Edited October 31, 2006 by Bubba Bob Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jimras Posted October 31, 2006 Report Share Posted October 31, 2006 I'm certainly not the expert. however, if you don't have a lot of datathat would be lost, I would think that a reformat and clean installwould be the best way to go. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MrBill Posted November 1, 2006 Report Share Posted November 1, 2006 Your best bet would be to get more RAM. According to MS. both require the same amount (64MB) of RAM for the minimum. That is a terribly low figure as it will just barely run on it. The Processor speed is higher for XP then 2000. What are your system specs? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Chappy Posted November 2, 2006 Report Share Posted November 2, 2006 While more memory is definately the most likely fix for your slow XP install, there are other factors. As Bill asks, can we see your specs please?Also, as stated, you can't dowgrade from XP to W2K using a W2K install disk, it won't let you do that. You have to reformat the XP partition first and then install W2K clean.If XP is super-slow on this machine, don't expect W2K to be blazingly fast either... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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