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Hookem · 11-05-02, 11:05 PM

Hey guy's changed my OS to XP Pro and really do not like it. I want to go back to 2K Pro and was wondering how to ditch XP...Does not seem to want to do the fdisk thang with a ME startup disk...any suggestion's ???

DDR-PIII · 11-05-02, 11:12 PM

if you only upgraded you can go into add/remove programs and uninstall windows XP... but if you wanna format? that should get rid of it....

Chris · 11-06-02, 06:39 AM

whats wrong with XP dont u like the GUI or something or is it just XP in general u dont like?

zachj · 11-06-02, 08:33 AM

Fdisk only does FAT partitions, so if you formatted using NTFS, you have to choose the option of a non-DOS partition or whatever it's called. There are third party apps like fdisk (I think Norton makes one called gdisk) that will handle them nicely. I know FDISK cannot handle Linux partitions, but it will do NTFS, I've done it. Also, your XP and or 2k disk will have the fdisk program on it, and the most up to date one at the time of the release and that will do the job nicely. Stick in your XP disk and when it gets to the part about where to want it to install, it gives you options to change the partitions by hitting d for delete etc.. Delete the partition, create a new one, and restart and boot from the 2k disk. You can format it there and all is happy happy.

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Z

stool · 11-06-02, 08:35 AM

If you have an original drive manufacturer's setup disk, you can boot to that to prep your drive.

UnseenMenace · 11-06-02, 08:37 AM

If you set your CD-ROM up as a bootable drive the Windows 2000 CD should be able to FDISK/FORMAT/PARTITION to your requirements

CaptBill · 11-09-02, 02:54 PM

Save your files, reformat and reinstall to get rid of the unneeded files. Clean install is better.

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Hookem Member Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Houston Texas	How do I ??? Hey guy's changed my OS to XP Pro and really do not like it. I want to go back to 2K Pro and was wondering how to ditch XP...Does not seem to want to do the fdisk thang with a ME startup disk...any suggestion's ??? __________________ If you build it...They will come...and I will crash it!!! Switching to Intel Antec 300, Corsair HX5650W, Asus P5Q PRO Turbo, Intel Q9550, Thermalright SI-128-SE, 2x4 G.Skiell PC64000 DDR2, XFX 4890, 640 Black OS Drive, 2 640 Blacks RAID-0, Audiotrak Prodigy HD2, Vantec SATA EzSwap, Mitsumi floppy, Lian-Li card reader, Lian Li T4, Dell E198WFP, AudioEngine 5 speakers. In progress build.
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11-05-02, 11:12 PM	#2
DDR-PIII Disabled Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: 6p6	if you only upgraded you can go into add/remove programs and uninstall windows XP... but if you wanna format? that should get rid of it....
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11-06-02, 06:39 AM	#3
Chris Member Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: England, UK	whats wrong with XP dont u like the GUI or something or is it just XP in general u dont like? __________________ *Folding@Home Team32*
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11-06-02, 08:33 AM	#4
zachj Chainsaw Senior Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Redmond, Washington	Fdisk only does FAT partitions, so if you formatted using NTFS, you have to choose the option of a non-DOS partition or whatever it's called. There are third party apps like fdisk (I think Norton makes one called gdisk) that will handle them nicely. I know FDISK cannot handle Linux partitions, but it will do NTFS, I've done it. Also, your XP and or 2k disk will have the fdisk program on it, and the most up to date one at the time of the release and that will do the job nicely. Stick in your XP disk and when it gets to the part about where to want it to install, it gives you options to change the partitions by hitting d for delete etc.. Delete the partition, create a new one, and restart and boot from the 2k disk. You can format it there and all is happy happy. Good luck Z __________________ Server- Mobile 2400+ on NForce2 at 1600MHz with 512MB RAM and integrated GeFore4 MX graphics Laptop- TiBook (PowerBook) 867 MHz G4 with 768MB RAM and 40GB HD Desktop- Xeon 1.6 (D1) x2 @ 3GHz, NCCH-DL, 1GB Patriot, 450GB, Radeon9500NP, TruePower 550EPS and Coolermaster heatpipes
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11-06-02, 08:35 AM	#5
stool Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Albany, NY	If you have an original drive manufacturer's setup disk, you can boot to that to prep your drive. __________________ My Heatware
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11-06-02, 08:37 AM	#6
UnseenMenace UnseenModerator Join Date: Apr 2001	If you set your CD-ROM up as a bootable drive the Windows 2000 CD should be able to FDISK/FORMAT/PARTITION to your requirements __________________ one M15x is never enough
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11-09-02, 02:54 PM	#7
CaptBill Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Bastrop, Tx	Save your files, reformat and reinstall to get rid of the unneeded files. Clean install is better.
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