Obviously, you will lose everything, since you'll need to format the drive to install Win 2000. All the drivers should be available online, but make sure you follow the reinstall guide. To find the reinstall guide, downloads and other information for your system, hover your mouse cursor over the Product Support button (upper left of this page), and select Reinstall Guide (or Downloads or whatever). Then enter the service tag number and operating system, and you'll find all the information you need.

Better question is to ask why does he want to do that? ;)

Because he's the boss, that's why!  Tell him/her that you need to buy and external hard drive to backup the data so it will not be lost, then see if the demand chnages.

Do a Google search how to join XP Home to a domain.  It can be done.

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@RoHe wrote:
Better question is to ask why does he want to do that? ;)

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If it is for work, then his boss probably wants it to have domain logon ability - and if they have a site license for W2K then there there is no need to pay extra for XP Pro.

Remember the rules of being a boss:

1. The boss is always right.
2. If the boss is wrong, see rule #1.

I'm sorry I asked... :)

Message Edited by RoHe on 06-09-2005 09:19 AM