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minidiapolis wrote:

When you said W2K you mean windows 2000, right? 

 

Yes.

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minidiapolis wrote:

Hello, if you have XP but you're reformatting and putting 2000 on, will you need different audio/video drivers? 

 

Since everything will be erased, and you'll need to reinstal all drivers, and they're available on the site BY OS, just use the W2K drivers.

 

For Drivers, click on the Technical Support tab above, then Drivers.

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minidiapolis wrote:

I'm having problems choosing the right video driver.  I have a  dimension 3000 desktop and when I look under video adaptors and display, there are so many to choose from.  how do I know which one to choose? 

 

You don't want a DISPLAY driver, you want a video driver, and you likely have the INTEGRATED video.

 

Why on earth are you putting W2K on a 3000?

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minidiapolis wrote:

I can't find my win XP CD.  Is putting win2000 on a mistake? 

Systems shipped after July 15, 2004 came with Symantec PC Restore. This utility restores the computer to an "as-shipped" condition. If you haven't reformatted, repartitioned, or otherwise modified the master boot record, it should work. Click here for instructions about Symantec PC Restore.

If the Symantec PC Restore utility won't work, but still resides on your computer, a Dell customer has figured out some ways to get it to work again. Note - If you removed this partition, it is not recoverable, cannot be downloaded from the internet, and cannot be shipped from Dell. Click here for ways to fix Symantec PC Restore. Users have also reported that the partition can be restored with Ghost 2003, and Ghost 9 using the '03 capabilities of it. If you boot to the Ghost 9 CD, select Advanced Recovery Taks, select Utilities, then Restore Legacy Image it should work - but you want to verify the image before attempting the restore. It's in a folder called IMG.

Systems that shipped beginning in early 2005 ship without a Windows XP CD. You can contact Dell and request a CD and wait for it to ship, see Contact Us at the bottom of the page.

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minidiapolis wrote:

But could I reformat and put 2000  on with no problems if I have all the drivers? 

I have no idea if you can, nor why you'd want to.  Why do I say I have no idea?  Because you've never told us what model computer you have, you've never explained why you wouldn't want to have it "as shipped" with XP, and the recent Dells aren't designed for W2k.

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minidiapolis wrote:

What do I do since I don't have the restore CD? 

Answered provided on 1/2/07, you need to re-read it.