Uninstalling Windows 2000

Here's a helpful site complete with screenshots: http://www.winsupersite.com/showcase/windowsxp_sg_2kupgrade.asp 

As always, it's better to do a clean install rather that an upgrade. To do that will require a 98/ME boot disk and our good friend, "FDISK". Here's a site that will walk you through "FDISK" and partitioning, along with an installation guide for XP:

http://radified.com/index2.html 

Select the desired how-to's from the blue column on the left.

And, if that isn't enough, here's a site to help you configure the services that you really need now that you've crossed over to the "dark side" (XP, I mean ):

http://www.blackviper.com/ 

Select "Windows Service Configurations!" from the left-hand column. He too, offers a XP install guide.

*sad that another "2Ker" has been lured away by a pretty GUI .

It's not that I want to install XP, I'd actually prefer to keep 2000. I hate XP, it's just the only way out (I think). Here's why I'm installing XP, and if you can save me from doing it I'd be extremely appreciative. While running a  spyware remover, it must have deleted some drivers or something necessary to get the internet. After restarting, the computer refuses to get the IP address from the modem, and basically doesn't see the modem. My dell came with XP, but i got W2k from my work and installed that instead. I got fired a while back, and now I don't have the necessary CD's to reinstall W2K or at least reinstall the drivers necessary to fix my problem. Dell only supports me for XP, so if I want this fixed on 2000 I'm on my own. Any suggestions?

Ahhh, now we get to the REAL problem (whew!... thought we lost another one ).

All is not lost just because you installed W2K instead of XP on your Dell. Most, if not all, hardware drivers for either operating system are available from the Dell download section. It's just a matter of entering your Service Tag number, selecting a download category (all), selecting the operating system, the language, and clicking  "Submit" (here's a little secret - if a requested driver isn't available in W2K, try the same device driver in XP; it will probably work just fine).

Now back to the problem...go to the Device Manager and insure that the modem is listed and has the correct driver installed. You could even try the troubleshooter for the modem, if you want. Next, create a new internet connection by using this link as a how-to: http://www.more.net/technical/win/2000dialup.html  It's far easier to create a new connection than it is to fix a bad one.

Post back with any problems or error messages. 

just boot from XP Cd and select install XP. It will come up with an option to format C drive (main OS drive with no data if u have that other partition). But again as the previous poster said, get those drivers first.