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How do I reinstall windows 2000(all versions) after...

by Jun 7, 2011 11:32AM PDT

How do I reinstall windows 2000(all versions) after having Windows 7 installed.

Before installing Windows 7, I could reinstall Windows 2000 any time with a little problem. But now, it seems to be impossible to do it any more.

The error message is something like that -- the file system cannot be recognized.(I forgot the exact words)

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"after"
by Forum moderator Jun 10, 2011 7:21AM PDT

The installer and boot manager in Windows 2000 has some severe limitations. That is why I find most can't install Windows 2000 today. And I didn't include "after."

My answer is this. It's today's hard drive sizes, connections and the old 2000 installer.

No fix or patch has been offered or made.
Bob

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RE: How do I reinstall windows 2000(all versions) after...
by Jun 11, 2011 1:14AM PDT

The best way to do this is to use a Windows 98 boot disk, go into FDISK, delete the NTFS partition, create a FAT32 partition, format it as FAT32 (format c:), and then boot off of the Windows 2000 CD-ROM.

Simply formatting with the Windows 2000 CD does not completely erase all data. I know this because at startup after formatting it still shows the old boot menu choices even AFTER you have formatted the hard drive.

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