Without a Win2K CD your options are severely limited. It would be difficult (probably impossible) to simply remove XP and leave what portions of Win2K are still installed on the system. If you wish the computer to be serviceable your best bet would be to install XP on the system (which you could do with an upgrade CD
if you still had a Win2K CD) and upgrade the modem. As it stands in order to make the system work you will have to purchase a new copy of whichever operating system you wish to have installed and do a clean install of that OS, including formatting the hard disk and reinstalling drivers and applications.
Check your CDs. Even though Windows 2000 came preinstalled on the computer you should have received a reinstallation CD for the operating system.
Message Edited by Denny Denham on 12-02-2004 09:32 AM
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Without a Win2K CD your options are severely limited. It would be difficult (probably impossible) to simply remove XP and leave what portions of Win2K are still installed on the system. If you wish the computer to be serviceable your best bet would be to install XP on the system (which you could do with an upgrade CD if you still had a Win2K CD) and upgrade the modem. As it stands in order to make the system work you will have to purchase a new copy of whichever operating system you wish to have installed and do a clean install of that OS, including formatting the hard disk and reinstalling drivers and applications.
Check your CDs. Even though Windows 2000 came preinstalled on the computer you should have received a reinstallation CD for the operating system.
Message Edited by Denny Denham on 12-02-2004 09:32 AM